It wasn't so much that he minded telling Leslie that he was afraid to go; it was that he minded being afraid. It was as though he had been made with a great piece missing - one of May Belle's puzzles with this huge gap where somebody's eye should have been. Lord, it would be better to be born without an arm than to go through life with no guts.
Katherine PatersonI can't believe there will ever be a time when the book is truly obsolete. It is the perfect technology and feeds the soul.
Katherine PatersonCrazy people who are judged to be harmless are allowed an enormous amount of freedom ordinary people are denied.
Katherine Paterson