You don't have to fight dragons to write books. You just have to live deeply the life you've been given.
Katherine PatersonIt is always sad to write about prejudice, but sometimes when we see it being played out in the lives of fictional characters, we can recognize it in our own lives.
Katherine PatersonChurch always seemed the same. Jess could tune it out the same way he tuned out school, with his body standing up and sitting down in unison with the rest of the congregation but his mind numb and floating, not really thinking or dreaming but at least free.
Katherine PatersonYou think it's so great to die and make everyone cry and carry on. Well it ain't.
Katherine Paterson