Ambiguity Quote by Lois Lowry

Life isn't so complicated for children. They have more time to think about the really important things. That's why I occasionally moralise in my…

— Nina Bawden

We all hate moral ambiguity in some sense, and yet it is also absolutely necessary. In writing a story, it is the place where…

— Amy Tan

I think, as we all learn as a child, you have to learn to tolerate ambiguity better and I'm still terrible at it and…

— John Hodgman

“A lot of (children's literature) beginners get bogged down by morals. A moral should never be driving the story. And a moral should never…

— Patty Smith

“We have seen in this book numerous ambiguous texts that can be interpreted in two different ways: as an assertion that is true but…

— Alan Sokal

I think kids are incredibly savvy readers. I think we should give them all the credit in the world. They want to know the…

— Alan Gratz

“Reasoning does create a paradox: it leads both to more rule following and more rebelliousness. By explaining moral principles, parents encourage their children to…

— Adam Grant

I get a lot of people complaining about my ambiguity, often in cases which there is nothing ambigous at all. As far as I…

— Gene Wolfe

... when we are misunderstood it is always our own fault. What the reader wants most of all is to be able to grasp…

— George Sand

Our cultural dilemma has nothing to do with children who don't read very well. It lies instead in the difficulty of finding a way…

— John Taylor Gatto

I think every parent knows that, like, boys and girls are different. And we just dont take that into account in schools on those…

— Jon Scieszka

Our great problem, is that children now know whatever they want to know - at the press of a button they can discover all…

— Michael Morpurgo