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Katherine Paterson Quotes

A great novel is a kind of conversion experience. We come away from it changed Picture Quote #1

My writing comes from ideas that make a sound in my heart Picture Quote #1

Trouble can always be borne when it is shared Picture Quote #1

The name we give to something shapes our attitude toward it Picture Quote #1

Lord, let me heed the angels you put in my path Picture Quote #1

Youth is a mortal wound Picture Quote #1

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You never know ahead of time what something’s really going to be like Picture Quote #1

It’s like the smarter you are, the more things can scare you Picture Quote #1

I was behaving, just like I promised, but fate intervened Picture Quote #1

We all learn here by the honorable path of horrible mistakes Picture Quote #1

If you’re a kid who is always on the outside hoping to be on the inside, you’re watching a lot. You’re trying to figure out how to become a normal person in a society that considers you weird Picture Quote #1

I love to read. But I loved to read a lot longer than I started to love writing Picture Quote #1

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The world that is in me is the only world I have by which to grasp the world outside and as I write fiction, it is the chart by which I must steer Picture Quote #1

I can’t believe there will ever be a time when the book is truly obsolete. It is the perfect technology and feeds the soul Picture Quote #1

The difference between writing a story and simply relating past events is that a story, in order to be acceptable, must have shape and meaning. It is the old idea that art is the bringing of order out of chaos Picture Quote #1

Many people are angry when they make a mistake, but very few people have the sense to be sorry Picture Quote #1

Once a book is published, it no longer belongs to me. My creative task is done. The work now belongs to the creative mind of my readers. I had my turn to make of it what I would, now it is their turn Picture Quote #1

Crazy people who are judged to be harmless are allowed an enormous amount of freedom ordinary people are denied Picture Quote #1

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You don’t have to fight dragons to write books. You just have to live deeply the life you’ve been given Picture Quote #1

I know a movie and a book are two different things and you are going do different media in different ways. No author can want a movie to be exactly like the book because then it will be a bad movie Picture Quote #1

I realize, of course, that I wasn’t born knowing how to read. I just can’t imagine a time when I didn’t know how Picture Quote #1

The wonderful thing about books is that they allow us to enter imaginatively into someone else’s life. And when we do that, we learn to sympathize with other people. But the real surprise is that we also learn truths about ourselves, about our own lives, that somehow we hadn’t been able to see before Picture Quote #1

He may not have been born with guts, but he didn’t have to die without them Picture Quote #1

Church always seemed the same. Jess could tune it out the same way he tuned out school, with his body standing up and sitting down in unison with the rest of the congregation but his mind numb and floating, not really thinking or dreaming but at least free Picture Quote #1

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Sometimes it seemed to him that his life was delicate as a dandelion. One little puff from any direction, and it was blown to bits Picture Quote #1

Sitting in cold wet britches for an hour was no fun even in a magic kingdom Picture Quote #1

... those of us who write for children are called, not to do something to a child, but be someone for a child Picture Quote #1

If you could hold your nose to avoid a stink, or close your eyes to cut out a sight, why not shut off your brain to avoid a thought? Picture Quote #1

The challenge for those of us who care about our faith and about a hurting world is to tell stories which will carry the words of grace and hope in their bones and sinews and not wear them like fancy dress Picture Quote #1

Words are humanity’s greatest natural resource, but most of us have trouble figuring out how to put them together. Words aren’t cheap. They are very precious. They are like water, which gives life and growth and refreshment, but because it has always been abundant, we treat it cheaply. We waste it; we pollute it, and doctor it. Later we blame the quality of the water because we have misused it Picture Quote #1

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A great novel is a kind of conversion experience. We come away from it changed (Katherine Paterson Quotes) My writing comes from ideas that make a sound in my heart (Katherine Paterson Quotes) Trouble can always be borne when it is shared (Katherine Paterson Quotes) The name we give to something shapes our attitude toward it (Katherine Paterson Quotes) Lord, let me heed the angels you put in my path (Katherine Paterson Quotes) Youth is a mortal wound (Katherine Paterson Quotes) You never know ahead of time what something’s really going to be like (Katherine Paterson Quotes) It’s like the smarter you are, the more things can scare you (Katherine Paterson Quotes) I was behaving, just like I promised, but fate intervened (Katherine Paterson Quotes) We all learn here by the honorable path of horrible mistakes (Katherine Paterson Quotes) If you’re a kid who is always on the outside hoping to be on the inside, you’re watching a lot. You’re trying to figure out how to become a normal person in a society that considers you weird (Katherine Paterson Quotes) I love to read. But I loved to read a lot longer than I started to love writing (Katherine Paterson Quotes) The world that is in me is the only world I have by which to grasp the world outside and as I write fiction, it is the chart by which I must steer (Katherine Paterson Quotes) I can’t believe there will ever be a time when the book is truly obsolete. It is the perfect technology and feeds the soul (Katherine Paterson Quotes) The difference between writing a story and simply relating past events is that a story, in order to be acceptable, must have shape and meaning. It is the old idea that art is the bringing of order out of chaos (Katherine Paterson Quotes) Many people are angry when they make a mistake, but very few people have the sense to be sorry (Katherine Paterson Quotes) Once a book is published, it no longer belongs to me. My creative task is done. The work now belongs to the creative mind of my readers. I had my turn to make of it what I would, now it is their turn (Katherine Paterson Quotes) Crazy people who are judged to be harmless are allowed an enormous amount of freedom ordinary people are denied (Katherine Paterson Quotes) You don’t have to fight dragons to write books. You just have to live deeply the life you’ve been given (Katherine Paterson Quotes) I know a movie and a book are two different things and you are going do different media in different ways. No author can want a movie to be exactly like the book because then it will be a bad movie (Katherine Paterson Quotes) I realize, of course, that I wasn’t born knowing how to read. I just can’t imagine a time when I didn’t know how (Katherine Paterson Quotes) The wonderful thing about books is that they allow us to enter imaginatively into someone else’s life. And when we do that, we learn to sympathize with other people. But the real surprise is that we also learn truths about ourselves, about our own lives, that somehow we hadn’t been able to see before (Katherine Paterson Quotes) He may not have been born with guts, but he didn’t have to die without them (Katherine Paterson Quotes) Church always seemed the same. Jess could tune it out the same way he tuned out school, with his body standing up and sitting down in unison with the rest of the congregation but his mind numb and floating, not really thinking or dreaming but at least free (Katherine Paterson Quotes) Sometimes it seemed to him that his life was delicate as a dandelion. One little puff from any direction, and it was blown to bits (Katherine Paterson Quotes) Sitting in cold wet britches for an hour was no fun even in a magic kingdom (Katherine Paterson Quotes) ... those of us who write for children are called, not to do something to a child, but be someone for a child (Katherine Paterson Quotes) If you could hold your nose to avoid a stink, or close your eyes to cut out a sight, why not shut off your brain to avoid a thought? (Katherine Paterson Quotes) The challenge for those of us who care about our faith and about a hurting world is to tell stories which will carry the words of grace and hope in their bones and sinews and not wear them like fancy dress (Katherine Paterson Quotes) Words are humanity’s greatest natural resource, but most of us have trouble figuring out how to put them together. Words aren’t cheap. They are very precious. They are like water, which gives life and growth and refreshment, but because it has always been abundant, we treat it cheaply. We waste it; we pollute it, and doctor it. Later we blame the quality of the water because we have misused it (Katherine Paterson Quotes)

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