Understanding people's difficulties and-just as crucial-helping people understand their own difficulties and teaching them concrete ways to help them…

- Kathryn Erskine

I don't like the word soon because you don't know when it's going to sneak up on you and turn into NOW. Or maybe it'll be the kind of soon that never…

- Kathryn Erskine

Ignore and ignorance share the same root.

- Kathryn Erskine

Empathy isn't as hard as it sounds because people have a lot of the same feelings. And it helps to understand other people because then you can actua…

- Kathryn Erskine

Books are not like people. Books are safe.

- Kathryn Erskine

A movie is better than real life because in the movies only the bad guys die. Or you can pick the good movies where the bad guys die and only those. …

- Kathryn Erskine

I know, I say, after he says, This is hard, for the third time. This is what happens when you have a TRM, I tell him. You make a mess. It's okay. You…

- Kathryn Erskine

I feel like Snow White because now I have a bunch of little dwarf friends who love me. I may not know how Scout's overalls feel but I think I know ho…

- Kathryn Erskine

I don't think I'm going to like it at all. I think it's going to hurt. But after the hurt I think maybe something good and strong and beautiful will …

- Kathryn Erskine