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We all learn here by the honorable path of horrible mistakes.

Katherine Paterson

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Katherine Paterson
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: October 31
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Katherine Womeldorf Paterson
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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.
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Punch after punch after punch. February is a mean bully. Nothing could be worse - except August.
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It seems to me that there are two great enemies of peace - fear and selfishness.
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...those of us who write for children are called, not to do something to a child, but be someone for a child.
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As much pleasure as young people get from Twittering and texting, there is no way these activities will nourish their minds and spirits the way literature can.
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Lord, let me heed the angels you put in my path.
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We're alike, Jess would tell himself, me and Miss Edmunds . . . We don't belong at Lark Creek, Julia and me.
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Read for fun, read for information, read in order to understand yourself and other people with quite different ideas. Learn about the world beyond your door. Learn to be compassionate and grow in wisdom. Books can help us in all these ways.
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The last dregs of winter spoiling the taste of everything.
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Everything comes in useful once in a hundred years.
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Shh he said. Look. Where? Can't you see'um? he whispered. All the Terabithians standing on tiptoe to see you. Me? Shh, yes. There's a rumor going around that the beautiful girl arrving today might be the queen they've been waiting for.
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I am called to listen to the sound of my own heart -- to write the story within myself that demands to be told at that particular point in my life. And if I do this faithfully, clothing that idea in the flesh of human experience and setting it in a true place, the sound from my heart will resound in the reader's heart.
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I think, she began quietly, I think we want... not just bread for our bellies. We want more than only bread. We want food for our hearts, our souls. We want- how to say it? We want, you know- Puccini music.... we want for our beautiful children some beauty. She leaned over and kissed the curl on her finger. We want roses.
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You have to believe it and you hate it. I don't have to and I think it's beautiful.
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It's like the smarter you are, the more things can scare you.
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Sitting in cold wet britches for an hour was no fun even in a magic kingdom.
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Reading has made such a profound difference to my life. I'm sure I became a writer because of the power of literature in my own life.
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It's such a thrill when an adult comes up to me and says, 'I read your book as a child and really loved it.' That's a tremendous compliment.
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life ain't supposed to be nothing, 'cept maybe tough
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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?
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