Mandarin ducks mate for life and will die of loneliness if separated from their chosen mate.

My writing comes from ideas that make a sound in my heart.

Reading has made such a profound difference to my life. I'm sure I became a writer because of the power of literature in my own life.

We do have trouble dealing with death, but it's the one thing that is guaranteed we are all going to have to do, and we are going to have to face it many times before we die ourselves.

...those of us who write for children are called, not to do something to a child, but be someone for a child.

Everything comes in useful once in a hundred years.

Lord, let me heed the angels you put in my path.