“I write books because I have always been fascinated by stories and language, and because I love thinking about what makes people tick.”
"I believe without a single shadow of a doubt that it is necessary for young people to learn to make choices. Learning to make right choices is the only way they will survive in an increasingly frightening world."
- Lois Lowry
Self-awareness
"The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared."
- Lois Lowry
Connection to Earth
"Kids deserve the right to think that they can change the world."
- Lois Lowry
Aspirations
"You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have."
- Maya Angelou
Creativity
"Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless."
- Jamie Paolinetti
Creativity
"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."
- Herman Melville
Creativity
"I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying."
- Oscar Wilde
Creativity
"Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too."
- Isabel Allende
Creativity