The wonderful thing about books is that they allow us to enter imaginatively into someone else’s life. And when we do that, we learn to sympathize with other people. But the real surprise is that we also learn truths about ourselves, about our own lives that somehow we hadn’t been able to see before.
—Katherine Paterson
Topics: Living, Imagination
To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.
—Katherine Paterson
Topics: Fear
To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you around the tail and swing you around is another.
—Katherine Paterson
Topics: Win, Fear
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