Reading can be a road to freedom or a key to a secret garden, which, if tended, will transform all of life.

- Katherine Paterson

It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading.

- Katherine Paterson

Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences, but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out connections.

- Katherine Paterson

We are trying to communicate that which lies in our deepest heart, which has no words, which can only be hinted at through the means of a story.

- Katherine Paterson

A good story is alive, ever changing and growing as it meets each listener or reader in a spirited and unique encounter, while the moralistic tale is…

- Katherine Paterson

It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading. Something that will stretch their imaginations- some…

- Katherine Paterson

I guess real maturity, which most of us never achieve, is when you realize that you're not the center of the universe.

- Katherine Paterson

Everybody gets scared sometimes, May Belle. You don't have to be ashamed.

- Katherine Paterson

To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.

- Katherine Paterson