Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences, but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out connections.
Katherine PatersonKids often ask me if characters are real or made up - and I always tell them, 'I hope they're real but I made them up.'
Katherine PatersonThe thing I have learned through the years is that one idea 'doth' not a novel make. A novel must be several seemingly unrelated ideas that somehow magically come together to create the fabric of the story.
Katherine PatersonIf you're so afraid of your imagination that you stifle it, how are you going to know God? How can you imagine heaven?
Katherine Paterson