Death is contagious; it is contracted the moment we are conc... - Madeleine L'Engle

"A book comes and says, 'Write me."

"You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children."

"A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe."

"It takes too much energy to be against something unless it's really important."

"Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving."