Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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All of us can think of a book... that we hope none of our children or any other children have taken off the shelf. But if I have the right to remove that book from the shelf - that work I abhor - then you also have exactly the same right and so does everyone else. And then we have no books left on the shelf for any of us.

Katherine Paterson's Popular Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

- Katherine Paterson

Some folks are natural born kickers. They can always find a way to turn disaster into butter.

- Katherine Paterson