Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences, but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out connections.
Katherine PatersonWhen people ask me what qualifies me to be a writer for children, I say I was once a child. But I was not only a child, I was, better still, a weird little kid, and though I would never choose to give my own children this particular preparation for life, there are few things, apparently, more helpful to a writer than having once been a weird little kid.
Katherine Paterson