Award Winning Author Quotes

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Ellen Brazer
“Some people like the Jews, and some do not. But no thoughtful man can deny the fact that they are, beyond any question, the most formidable and most remarkable race which has appeared in the world.
— Winston S. Churchill”
Ellen Brazer, Clouds Across the Sun

Richard Peck
“Because nobody but a reader ever became a writer.”
Richard Peck

Susan Wingate
“[When asked about Writing Conferences]

"You meet people that will change your life.”
Susan Wingate, Drowning

Nancy B. Brewer
“The ragged curtains were reaching out across the room and the foot of the bed was soaked with rain. She got up and closed the window to protect her from the storm outside. However, there was no protection from the storm that was always brewing in her mind.”
Nancy B. Brewer, The House with the Red Light

“The books grow tongues and speak their peace into my mind a tantamount vernacular of longing.”
Harry Palacio

“A lax night-shift
in the astronomy, will thee to good portion;
shrike's vibrato
sordid pale heat
o' sweet temple's keystone, a sermon of devils
culling with wroth hangers-on
they lift my legs and thrum my womb
summon harems to bethrothal
i were century/s god
they say i was human once
apasara's groan
but i wast
new and old god-”
Harry Edgar Palacio

Nikki Grimes
“The foster home they were leaving was no place to be. The mother, Mrs. Boone, slapped Paris around every time her real daughter did something that called for punishment....After each beating, the daughter, Lisa, would swear she had no clue how her mama got the mistaken notion that Paris was the one who'd smashed a favorite vase, or stained the kitchen tablecloth, or whatever. My name is Paris, not Stupid, Paris would say to herself.”
Nikki Grimes, The Road to Paris

Kanika Saxena
“You don't need riches to be grateful. You are rich if you are grateful!”
Kanika Saxena

“A conversation with amnesia on the navel of ash and dust, the thought of leaving familiar to longing. We saw the last days on neon orange steppes and the codex was written in indecipherable lines of the palm.”
Harry Edgar Palacio, Punt Volat

“The thrum of oviparous children of twilight pang like a jettisoned shadowy hand tattooed with god's eye in an anteroom”
Harry Edgar Palacio

“I climb to the edge
into the speckled warlike wave of tea lights.
Alloy railings and spiral stairways
angel headed day sleepers
bearing wild teeth and forgotten memories.”
Harry Edgar Palacio, GAMBA Zine: The Awakening

“when he spit his meds into your mother's chinese vase. he called you sick. I tell him how it goes. I guess that makes me a god too.”
Gabriel Ramírez, Dove with Hooves

“As she looked me in the brain digging for a glint
Bedroom glares like heavy dream puzzles”
Harry Edgar Palacio

“There is a silo of emptiness
Rusty and bare
As I dart away into another hall
Before I am recognized
As memories unnerve me”
Harry Edgar Palacio

S.P. O'Farrell
“Claude Dual had been coming into the store twice a week since I was little. He often wore tracksuits, I believe in an effort to suggest that he prioritized fitness, although his shape would suggest otherwise.”
S.P. O'Farrell, Simone LaFray and the Chocolatiers' Ball

“This lovely tale of a family of sweet peas’ bedtime routine is beautifully written, skillfully told, and full of both humor and warmth. Young readers will love this story’s humorous conclusion and caregivers will love reading it to them for the lovely bonding moment that it provides.”
Louise Jane, CEO The Golden Wizard Book Prize

“This is a wonderful read-together book that might encourage little ones to wash up, and settle down for a cozy bedtime story with their loved ones and caregivers. Beautifully written in rhyme, with bright and vibrant cartoon-like illustrations, this book will become a bedtime favorite for children and adults alike.”
Reader's Choice Book Awards

“This story is adorable. As an early education teacher and Mom, I love how the character’s expressions are so apparent and kiddos can follow along knowing how they are feeling.”
Chelsea, Early Education Teacher