Why We Read
A great book should should leave you with many experiences and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it.
— William Styron
A great book should should leave you with many experiences and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it.
— William Styron
Ah, so true.
And my favorite books also leave me feeling hopeful. I think that is why I’ve always been drawn to children’s books.
YES. “That stubborn seed of hope.” My favorite Katherine Paterson quote (and favorite quote about children’s literature):
“I cannot, will not, withhold from my young readers the harsh realities of human hunger and suffering and loss, but neither will I neglect to plant that stubborn seed of hope that has enabled our race to outlast wars and famines and the destruction of death. If you think that this is the limitation that will keep me forever a writer for the young, perhaps it is. I don’t mind. I do what I can and do it joyfully.”