Able Quote by Pat Mora

“…and I smile and know why people write music and paint and dance, lifted as if they can fly, because this ache crashing inside…

— Pat Mora

“What writer Audre Lorde says to black men and women is true for all of us: "If we do not define ourselves, we will…

— Pat Mora

It is always a tense moment for an author to see how someone hasillustrated his or her story, because the author has lived for…

— Pat Mora

“My Song So many memories, and I'm still young. So many dreams, my song's just begun. Sometimes I hear my private melody grow, then…

— Pat Mora

Teachers and librarians can be the most effective advocates for diversifying children's and young adult books. When I speak to publishers, they're going to…

— Pat Mora

“Mysterious My paper shines White, like snow, but the paper looks empty. I could decorate it with tiny spiders or stars or sketches of…

— Pat Mora

I write because I am curious. I am curious about me.

— Pat Mora

I will never know what it's like to have only one language in my head. I have the pleasure of being able to move…

— Pat Mora

I often focus more on language than on the conveying of information.

— Pat Mora

Writers are always diverse on the inside.

— Pat Mora

I became a good writer when I saw the age of forty coming at me

— Pat Mora

When I'm writing poetry, 99.9% of my writing begins in English. I spent most of my life in English, although I am bilingual.

— Pat Mora