Age Quote by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

There was that special smell made up of paper, ink, and dust; the busy hush; the endless luxury of thousands of unread books. Best…

— Zilpha Keatley Snyder

“But now and then, beneath the outer numbness, something stirred, like a living pain waiting for the anesthetic to wear away.”

— Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Eleven is about the best age for almost anything.

— Zilpha Keatley Snyder

It's such a wonderful feeling to watch a child discover that reading is a marvelous adventure rather than a chore.

— Zilpha Keatley Snyder

It's such a wonderful feeling to watch a child discover that reading is a marvelous adventure rather than a chore. I know that many…

— Zilpha Keatley Snyder

“My dear child...fault is an empty word. It is a coin with only one side. It is not a reason or an excuse.”

— Zilpha Keatley Snyder

“Trick-or-treating is for candy and demonstrations are for things like Peace and Freedom. It's different.”

— Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Know all the Questions, but not the Answers Look for the Different, instead of the Same Never Walk where there's room for Running Don't…

— Zilpha Keatley Snyder

If you try to make your circle closed and exclusively yours, it never grows very much. Only a circle that has lots of room…

— Zilpha Keatley Snyder

“Belonging to a place isn't nearly as necessary as belonging to people you love and who love you and need you.”

— Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Belief in mysteries, any manner of mysteries, is the only lasting luxury in life.

— Zilpha Keatley Snyder

“We all invite our own devils, and we must exorcise our own.”

— Zilpha Keatley Snyder