Well, for one, you have to remember not to scream. Once you have their attention, whispering is much more effective. Screaming ghosts scare people, you know
Gabrielle ZevinThe things we respond to at twenty are not necessarily the same things we will respond to at forty and vice versa. This is true in books and also in life
Gabrielle ZevinSometimes things seem so unbearable in the middle of the night, don't they? In the middle of the night, we're all such children.
Gabrielle ZevinI wish that the adults who are 'in power' cared more about what their children read. Books are incredibly powerful when we are young - the books I read as a child have stayed with me my entire life - and yet, the people who write about books, for the most part, completely ignore children's literature.
Gabrielle Zevin