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“It's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written.” quote by Judy Blume — Download Open image

“It's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written.”

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"Summer Sisters" is probably my least autobiographical book. The whole idea started with rowing down the pond. And I heard an explosion. I don't…

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I have to go with what comes naturally to me. Fantasy isn't my thing. I did enjoy the Oz books when I was growing…

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“Censors don’t want children exposed to ideas different from their own. If every individual with an agenda had his/her way, the shelves in the…

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Fear is often disguised as moral outrage.

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My husband says I have too much imagination, but I don't think a writer can have too much imagination!

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It's so amazing. I mean talk about sexuality changing.

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If no one speaks out for [young readers], if they don’t speak out for themselves, all they’ll get for required reading will be the most bland books available. Instead of finding the information they need at the library, instead of finding novels that illuminate life, they will find only those materials to which nobody could possibly object... In this age…

Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me.

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“Precious Child... nothing matters but the moment. There might be no tomorrow and even if there is, nobody gives a damn.”

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I wanted to write honest books for kids because I didn't have those when I was a kid.

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Heavy petting, that was fun! That was good. And frankly, you know I wish kids would go back to it. It's very satisfying. And…

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“So many adults are exhausting themselves worrying about other people corrupting their children with books, they're turning kids off to reading instead of turning…

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If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace.

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If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.'

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My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that…

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Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who…

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“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.”

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The Rosary is the book of the blind.

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“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.”

Christopher K. Krebs

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“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.”

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Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit.

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I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about…

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I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,…

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