Katherine Paterson Believe Quotations

I can't believe there will ever be a time when the book is truly obsolete. It is the perfect technology and feeds the soul.

If we marvel at the artist who has written a great book, we must marvel more at those people whose lives are works of art and who don't even know it, who wouldn't believe it if they were told. However hard work good writing may be, it is easier than good living.

What I have come to believe is that joy is the twin sister of gratitude. I am most joyful when I am most grateful.

You have to believe it and you hate it. I don't have to and I think it's beautiful.

That was the rule that you never mixed up troubles at home with life at school. When parents were poor or ignorant or mean, or even just didn't believe in having a TV set, it was up to their kids to protect them.