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“Some people spend all their time on a vacation taking pictures so that when they get home they can show their friends evidence that they had a good time. They don’t pause to let the vacation enter inside of them and take that home.”
― From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler
― From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler
“Fiction is like wrestling with angels-you do not expect to win, but you do expect to come away from the experience changed.”
― Take Joy: The Writers Guide To Loving The Craft
― Take Joy: The Writers Guide To Loving The Craft
“...the chief reason that ["A Wrinkle in Time"] was rejected for over two years and by thirty-odd publishers was because it is a difficult book for many adults, the decision was made to market it as a children's book; it won a medal for children's books.”
― Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art
― Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art
“Books are not written about proper children. They would be so dull no one would read them.”
― Emily Climbs
― Emily Climbs
“Childhood is not the happiest time of one's life, but only to a child is pure happiness possible.”
― It's Too Late Now: The Autobiography of a Writer
― It's Too Late Now: The Autobiography of a Writer
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