You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if... - Madeleine L'Engle

"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 comes and says, 'Write me."

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

"Death is contagious; it is contracted the moment we are conceived."

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