When my husband died, people kept telling me not to cry. People kept trying to help me to forget. But I didn't want to forget. [...] So I realize, that if it's hard for me, how much harder it must be for you.
Reading can be a road to freedom or a key to a secret garden, which, if tended, will transform all of life. - Katherine Paterson
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
It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading.
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
Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences, but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out connections.
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
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…
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
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…
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
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.
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
I guess real maturity, which most of us never achieve, is when you realize that you're not the center of the universe.
To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another. - Katherine Paterson
To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.
Some folks are natural born kickers. They can always find a way to turn disaster into butter. - Katherine Paterson
Some folks are natural born kickers. They can always find a way to turn disaster into butter.
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