Zilpha Keatley Quotes & Sayings

A crucial Elite group behind the Civil War was the Knights of the Golden Circle, again based in Cincinnati, Ohio. — David Icke

In contexts of colonial oppression, intellectuals, especially those who advocate and work for justice, cannot be just-or mere- intellectuals, in the abstract sense; they cannot but be immersed in some form or another of activism, to learn from fellow activists through real-life experiences, to widen the horizons of their sources of inspiration, and to organically engage in effective, collective emancipatory processes, without the self-indulgence, complacency, or ivory-towerness that might otherwise blur their moral vision. In short, to be just intellectuals, committed to justice as the most ethical and durable foundation of peace. — Omar Barghouti

You don't care because you're all that and I'm just an artery in a dress. — Jeaniene Frost

There are several peculiarities that I share with children which, like having no front teeth, are perhaps more acceptable in the very young, but which, for better or worse, seem to be a part of my makeup. — Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Belief in mysteries, any manner of mysteries, is the only lasting luxury in life. — Zilpha Keatley Snyder

The answers aren't important really ... What's important is- knowing all the questions. — Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Take it for granted that the government will disregard long-term dangers-such as those affecting the environment-in order to cling to power; that the citizenry will do the same because thinking is too much like hard work; and then the handful of Cassandras are proved right, they will be held to blame and very likely stoned or shot. — John Brunner

Strength to your sword arm! — Brenda Ueland

I seemed to have been born reading. — Zilpha Keatley Snyder

When I was a kid, I just read and read. We were lucky enough to have gone to England and had a whole bunch of Penguin Puffins books, like The Land of Green Ginger by Noel Langley, which is hilarious. I would love to be able to write a book like that, but I don't know that I have a humorous bone in my body when it comes to writing. Once on a Time by A.A. Milne. I read a lot of old, old fantasy stuff. The Carbonelbooks by Barbara Sleigh. Then when I got a little older I loved Zilpha Keatley Snyder. I was a big fan of romance and when I got a little bit older I would read a Harlequin romance or a Georgette Heyer novel and then David Copperfield, and then another genre book and then Irving Stone's The Agony and the Ecstasy. I was that kind of reader. One book that I loved was I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. I loved voice and that book had it in spades. And then of course I grew into loving Jane Eyre. — Franny Billingsley

Books were the window from which I looked out of a rather meager and decidedly narrow room onto a rich and wonderful universe. I loved the look and feel of books, even the smell ... Libraries were treasure houses. I always entered them with a slight thrill of disbelief that all their endless riches were mine for the borrowing. — Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Writing for children hadn't occurred to me when I was younger, but nine years of teaching in the upper elementary grades had given me a deep appreciation of the gifts and graces that are specific to individuals with 10 or 11 years of experience as human beings. — Zilpha Keatley Snyder

If you try to make your circle closed and exclusively yours, it never grows very much. Only a circle that has lots of room for anybody who needs it has enough spare space to hold any real magic. — Zilpha Keatley Snyder

The media are obsessed with spin doctors and with portraying them as a bad thing, yet seem addicted to our medicine. — Alastair Campbell

We all invite our own devils, and we must exorcise our own. — Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Willow nestled against him. He smoothed her long hair down the back of her T-shirt, feeling its softness. In a few moments she fell asleep again, her breathing warm and regular against his chest. Alex kissed her head, his arms tightening around her. As he drifted back to sleep himself, he saw a brief flash of the thousands of angels streaming in, but right then it seemed distant, almost unimportant. The only thing that mattered was that he was lying in a bed holding Willow, their bare legs entwined.
It was all he wanted to do for the rest of his life. — L.A. Weatherly

I think writing is an extension of a childhood habit - the habit of entertaining oneself by taking interesting bits of reality and building upon them. — Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Eleven is about the best age for almost anything. — Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Belonging to a place isn't nearly as necessary as belonging to people you love and who love you and need you. — Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Teaching in the upper elementary grades had given me a deep appreciation of the gifts and graces that are specific to individuals with ten or eleven years of experience as human beings. It is, I think, a magical time - when so much has been learned, but not yet enough to entirely extinguish the magical reach and freedom of early childhood. — Zilpha Keatley Snyder

It's such a wonderful feeling to watch a child discover that reading is a marvelous adventure rather than a chore. I know that many writers for children say they do not write specifically with a child audience in mind ... This isn't true for me. I am very aware of my audience. Sometimes I can almost see them out there reacting as I write. Sometimes I think, 'Oh, you're going to like this part. — Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Nerd. One whose unbridled passion for something defines who they are as a person, without fear of other people's judgment. — Zachary Levi

Know all the Questions, but not the Answers
Look for the Different, instead of the Same
Never Walk where there's room for Running
Don't do anything that can't be a Game — Zilpha Keatley Snyder

It is one test of a fully developed writer that he reminds us of no one but himself. — Melvin Maddocks

Trick-or-treating is for candy and demonstrations are for things like Peace and Freedom. It's different. — Zilpha Keatley Snyder

It's not the endings that will haunt you
But the space where they should lie,
The things that simply faded
Without one final wave goodbye. — Erin Hanson

The hypnagogic state is considered by many to be a genius state, without boundaries or any limitations. — Brian L. Weiss

Imagination is a great thing in long dull hours, but it's a real curse in a dark alley. — Zilpha Keatley Snyder

And so it came to pass, as you would imagine, since only the successful prophets are remembered. — Hilary Mantel

There was that special smell made up of paper, ink, and dust; the busy hush; the endless luxury of thousands of unread books. Best of all was the eager itch of anticipation as you went out the door with your arms loaded down with books. — Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Nothing's real unless you want it to be, and anything can be real if you want it to enough; so real doesn't really mean anything. — Zilpha Keatley Snyder

But now and then, beneath the outer numbness, something stirred, like a living pain waiting for the anesthetic to wear away. — Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Every choice we make affects the other. It always has ... We share our choices and our burdens. But that way neither of us has to carry the weight alone - You have never been alone. — Olivia Fuller

At the age of eight I became, in my own eyes at least, a writer. — Zilpha Keatley Snyder

I was haunted by trainers going "Up, up, up, get up." You find yourself picking your head up and then realizing, They aren't talking to me. — Jeff Daniels