The name we give to something shapes our attitude toward it.
More Quotes from Katherine Paterson:
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
A great novel is a kind of conversion experience. We come away from it changed.
Katherine Paterson
It was a wonderful way to be awakened.
Katherine Paterson
To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.
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.
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