It was up to him to pay back to the world in beauty and caring what Leslie had loaned him in vision and strength.

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.

A library is a feast to which we are all invited.

The difference between writing a story and simply relating past events is that a story, in order to be acceptable, must have shape and meaning. It is the old idea that art is the bringing of order out of chaos.

Trouble can always be borne when it is shared.

I cannot, will not, withhold from my young readers the harsh realities of human hunger and suffering and loss, but neither will I neglect to plant that stubborn seed of hope that has enabled our race to outlast wars and famines and the destruction of death.

It was up to him to pay back to the world in beauty and caring what Leslie had loaned him in vision and strength.