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“... and she was awed to see that vibrant life still struggled to thrive despite such destruction.”
“My mind is always on whatever next project I'm working on.”
“People do things that turn out badly, often for the most benevolent of reasons.”
“I don't for one second think about the possibility of censorship when I am writing a new book. I know I am a person who cares about kids and who cares about truth and I am guided by my own instincts, and trust them.”
“Writing is self employment, so you can make your own schedule.”
“Memory is the happiness of being alone.”
“People in the know say 'The Giver' was the first young adult dystopian novel.”
“I've always been fascinated by memory and dreams because they are both completely our own. No one else has the same memories. No one has the same dreams.”
“I think of every book as a single entity, and some have later gone on to become a series, often at the request of readers.”
“Many of the books I loved as a kid, that even my mother read as a child, are very slow going. Today's children are not as patient. The best example of this is 'The Secret Garden,' which I adored as a child.”