Julius Lester

“To write and not tell the truth? That would be death for any writer. But more, it would be death to the imagination. And if the imagination dies, what would happen to the souls of children?”
― Julius Lester

“Perhaps one of the writer's tasks is to weave himself into others' pain.”
― Julius Lester, When Dad Killed Mom

“Faith is not something that one has; faith is something that one practices at the very moment in your life when you really don't believe anything, and you're in the worst kind of despair.”
― Julius Lester

“Just because you're born to someone, it doesn't mean you belong to them.”
― Julius Lester, Pharaoh's Daughter: A Novel of Ancient Egypt