Quotes About Kidlit

#1. Years ago at music camp Harry once said to me, "He's not just a musical prodigy, you know. He's a musical genius." It comes back to me now. And I laugh when I kiss my 'musical genius' because really he's just Flynn.

Tabitha Suzuma

#2. A child's imagination can be found in the heart of a good book.

K. Lamb

#3. I believe in magic, therefore trap it in a book

Karen Emma Hall

#4. Lardo was getting on in years, and his big belly tended to slow him down a bit.

Sarah Weeks

#5. I can't believe I thought this was going to be boring. This is great!

Denis Markell

#6. Polly had a gift for baking pies, and she poured her heart and soul into every one she made.

Sarah Weeks

#7. The greatest opportunities in life come with fear and risk.

Miley Cyrus

#8. That was the moment when Alice knew for sure that she and Charlie Erdling would be friends for the rest of their lives.

Sarah Weeks

#9. Childhood only comes around once. Make your child's memories special. Take them on a new adventure each day. It is as simple as opening a book.

K. Lamb

#10. The villagers marked the time in two ways: before the swamp and after. What came before was good. And all that came after was not.

Melanie Crowder

#11. Stars walk among us! Just keep your expectations low because they might be going to a shoe or the loo, for that matter!

Tom Harvey

#12. The public made me and then encouraged me for many years, and my future even now depends upon it.

Placido Domingo

#13. To my faithful readers, because a book is like a pie - the only thing more satisfying than cooking up the story is knowing that somebody might be out there eating it up with a spoon.

Sarah Weeks

#14. So you're a reader," My mom sighs, as if somehow this elevates Isabel to yet another realm of perfection.

Denis Markell

#15. I feel like I have a little bit of a fresh ear when creating music. I'm not trying to be like anything else, cuz I have no idea what anything else is like!

Katy Perry

#16. Trust me, there are things in this mountain that will make your jaw bounce off the floor.

Jaleigh Johnson

#17. Every child deserves to be a boat cast out in a sea of books.

K. Lamb

#18. As a rule, she didn't like boys very much, but she had to admit, Charlie was actually pretty nice.

Sarah Weeks

#19. Oftentimes, discussion of war gets flattened to a discussion of trauma.

Phil Klay

#20. That which submits rules.

Frank Herbert

#21. It seems like the best escape games come from Japan for some reason. It makes me proud.

Denis Markell

#22. At this moment, I know that the answer has to be yes. I am defeated. By my own father. How Darth Vader.

Denis Markell

#23. So that's what it's all about! You put your whole self in, you take your whole self out; you put your whole self in and you shake it all about. The idea is that by doing whatever you're doing with all of you, you can then take all of you out. The trick is how to do both.

Lawrence Kushner

#24. My all-time low is 62 at Bel-Air, but it was in match play, and I had two putts given to me from four feet. I'm playing only about once or twice a month. Full-time job. Full-time father. Full-time blonde.

Jack Wagner

#25. Ii believe in magic, therefore tsrap it in a book

Karen Emma Hall

#26. When we've decided to tell the truth in a story, we should tell good, strong versions of it, proper versions that kids can do something with.

Celine Kiernan

#27. Food tastes better when you wear it!

Erin Dealey

#28. Alice wondered if her mother was aware that she wasn't the only one in town who'd come down with a bad case of Blueberry Fever.

Sarah Weeks

#29. Wait. Is a real, live adult person actually asking me details about the games I play? This is unheard of.

Denis Markell

#30. I turn back to the Archers, who don't look like the same species as us. Do they even sweat, these people?

Denis Markell

#31. Being a humble person, she gave her pie shop a humble name - PIE.

Sarah Weeks

#32. Of course, that's how life is. A turn of events may seem very small at the time it's happening, but you never really know, do you? How can you?

Tom Xavier

#33. A working mom is judged negatively for letting someone else raise her kids, but a stay-at-home mom is accused of sacrificing her self-worth and providing an outdated role model for her children.

Dara-Lynn Weiss

#34. In brief, worldbuilding is different than setting in my opinion. Setting is a room. A backdrop. It's scenery. But without good worldbuilding, you can't have realistic feeling scenery. You can't have cool, unique backdrops for your story.

Patrick Rothfuss

#35. Books are like ice cream; there is a flavor for everyone!

K. Lamb

#36. Back in those less complicated times, there were lots of industries that operated more or less by rote: the old banker's motto, for instance, was "3-6-3": take money in at 3 percent, lend it out at 6 percent, and be on the golf course by 3 P.M.

Bethany McLean

#37. A little in one's own pocket is better than much in another man's purse.

Miguel De Cervantes

#38. Junk?" Lina repeated, incredulous. Oh, she wasn't about to let that pass.

Jaleigh Johnson

#39. Dad has shamelessly played the Mom card. Against which there is no defense.

Denis Markell