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Since my first novel was rescued from a slush pile, it makes me sad that most publishing houses no longer accept unsolicited manuscripts. Nor are many willing to take chances on novels that are not deemed immediately marketable.
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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You don't have to fight dragons to write books. You just have to live deeply the life you've been given.
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It is always sad to write about prejudice, but sometimes when we see it being played out in the lives of fictional characters, we can recognize it in our own lives.
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Miss Edmunds was one of his secrets. He was in love with her. Not the kind of silly stuff Ellie and Brenda giggled about on the telephone. This was too real and too deep to talk about, even to think about very much.
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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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Some folks are natural born kickers. They can always find a way to turn disaster into butter.
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The last dregs of winter spoiling the taste of everything.
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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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Sitting in cold wet britches for an hour was no fun even in a magic kingdom.
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the reason God made February short a few days was because he knew that by the time people came to the end of it they would die if they had to stand one more blasted day.
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A dream without a plan is just a wish
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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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To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.
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It seems to me that there are two great enemies of peace - fear and selfishness.
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February is just plain malicious. It knows your defenses are down.
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