Quotes of the Day

At its best, story provides us with ways to see ourselves, ways to affirm our struggles to overcome adversities, ways to help us reach out to others and forge relationships. Story creates an intimacy that is remembered in mind, body, and soul for a lifetime.

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Often artists find their initial subject matter in the place where they have been most deeply wounded.

     - Julius Lester, On Writing for Children & Other People