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Jane Yolen Quotes: "Literature is a textually transmitted disease, normally contracted in childhood."

Literature is a textually transmitted disease, normally contracted in childhood.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "A book is a wonderful present. Though it may grow worn, it will never grow old."

A book is a wonderful present. Though it may grow worn, it will never grow old.




Jane Yolen Quotes: "Childrens books change lives. Stories pour into the hearts of children and help make them what they become."

Childrens books change lives. Stories pour into the hearts of children and help make them what they become.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "Love the writing, love the writing, love the writing... the rest will follow."

Love the writing, love the writing, love the writing... the rest will follow.




Jane Yolen Quotes: "It's never perfect when I write it down the first time, or the second time, or the fifth time. But it always gets better as I go over it and over it."

It's never perfect when I write it down the first time, or the second time, or the fifth time. But it always gets better as I go over it and over it.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "Take a step, breathe in the world, give it out again in story, poem, song, art."

Take a step, breathe in the world, give it out again in story, poem, song, art.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "Ideas are the cheapest part of the writing. They are free. The hard part is what you do with ideas you've gathered."

Ideas are the cheapest part of the writing. They are free. The hard part is what you do with ideas you've gathered.




Jane Yolen Quotes: "Stories," he'd said, his voice low and almost husky, "we are made up of stories. And even the one's that seem the most like lies can be our deepest hidden truths."

Stories," he'd said, his voice low and almost husky, "we are made up of stories. And even the one's that seem the most like lies can be our deepest hidden truths.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "Language helps develp life as surely as it reflects life. It is a most important part of our human condition."

Language helps develp life as surely as it reflects life. It is a most important part of our human condition.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "If you want to write, you write. Talent is simply not enough."

If you want to write, you write. Talent is simply not enough.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "Exercise the writing muscle every day."

Exercise the writing muscle every day.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "Get up from your desk and wander outside occasionally. To be a good writer one needs to be a good observer, and there isn't a lot to be observed at desk level."

Get up from your desk and wander outside occasionally. To be a good writer one needs to be a good observer, and there isn't a lot to be observed at desk level.




Jane Yolen Quotes: "What makes a good book? Scholars and critics have been debating that question for decades. I like books that touch my head and my heart at the same time."

What makes a good book? Scholars and critics have been debating that question for decades. I like books that touch my head and my heart at the same time.




Jane Yolen Quotes: "You can only chase a butterfly for so long."

You can only chase a butterfly for so long.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human condition, the longings we all have for the Faerie Other."

The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human condition, the longings we all have for the Faerie Other.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "You know how it is: as soon as you decide to forget something, your brain comes to the conclusion that it's the most fascinating thing in the world."

You know how it is: as soon as you decide to forget something, your brain comes to the conclusion that it's the most fascinating thing in the world.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "Well,' the Goddess said, 'your heart didn't heal straight the last time it broke. So we'll break it again and reset it so it heals straight this time."

Well,' the Goddess said, 'your heart didn't heal straight the last time it broke. So we'll break it again and reset it so it heals straight this time.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "The thing I want to know is, if you tell your brain not to do stuff... and it keeps doing it anyway, does that mean your mind has a mind of its own? And if it does, then who's in charge here, anyway?"

The thing I want to know is, if you tell your brain not to do stuff... and it keeps doing it anyway, does that mean your mind has a mind of its own? And if it does, then who's in charge here, anyway?



Jane Yolen Quotes: "The main plot line is simple: Getting your character to the foot of the tree, getting him up the tree, and then figuring out how to get him down again."

The main plot line is simple: Getting your character to the foot of the tree, getting him up the tree, and then figuring out how to get him down again.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "Aren't hidden doors the most alluring? The old stories point that out surely. Even the greatest heroes and heroines fall under the spell of a locked door."

Aren't hidden doors the most alluring? The old stories point that out surely. Even the greatest heroes and heroines fall under the spell of a locked door.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "Write, write, and write some more. Think of writing as a muscle that needs lots of exercise."

Write, write, and write some more. Think of writing as a muscle that needs lots of exercise.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "What is a vow... but the mouth repeating what the heart has already promised?"

What is a vow... but the mouth repeating what the heart has already promised?



Jane Yolen Quotes: "Fairy Tales always have a happy ending.' That depends... on whether you are Rumpelstiltskin or the Queen."

Fairy Tales always have a happy ending.' That depends... on whether you are Rumpelstiltskin or the Queen.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "Sometimes living takes more courage than dying."

Sometimes living takes more courage than dying.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "Growth in the ability to write comes in spurts."

Growth in the ability to write comes in spurts.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "Fish are not the best authority on water."

Fish are not the best authority on water.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "You write to be read. That is the bottom line."

You write to be read. That is the bottom line.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "Readers re-create any story to suit their own needs. They re-clothe the story in their own shirts. Put simply: just as we write the story we need to write, they read the story they need to read."

Readers re-create any story to suit their own needs. They re-clothe the story in their own shirts. Put simply: just as we write the story we need to write, they read the story they need to read.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "Know, my son, that the enemy will always be with you. He will be in the shadow of your dreams and in your living flesh, for he is the other part of yourself."

Know, my son, that the enemy will always be with you. He will be in the shadow of your dreams and in your living flesh, for he is the other part of yourself.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "You are a name, not a number. Never forget that name, whatever they tell you here. You will always be Chaya—life—to me."

You are a name, not a number. Never forget that name, whatever they tell you here. You will always be Chaya—life—to me.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "It is the last thing we learn, / listening to the creature world."

It is the last thing we learn, / listening to the creature world.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "Folklore is the perfect second skin. From under its hide, we can see all the shimmering, shadowy uncertainties of the world."

Folklore is the perfect second skin. From under its hide, we can see all the shimmering, shadowy uncertainties of the world.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "If you love a waist, you waste a love."

If you love a waist, you waste a love.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "Intuition works best when you remember that “tuition” is part of it. You need to have paid ahead of time (ie done your prep work) so as to prepare the ground for intuition."

Intuition works best when you remember that “tuition” is part of it. You need to have paid ahead of time (ie done your prep work) so as to prepare the ground for intuition.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "How often is the passing of one storm only a prelude to another."

How often is the passing of one storm only a prelude to another.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "A shadowless man is a monster, a devil, a thing of evil. A man without a shadow is soulless. A shadow without a man is a pitiable shred. Yet together, light and dark, they make a whole."

A shadowless man is a monster, a devil, a thing of evil. A man without a shadow is soulless. A shadow without a man is a pitiable shred. Yet together, light and dark, they make a whole.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "Wood may remain twenty years in the water, but it is still not a fish."

Wood may remain twenty years in the water, but it is still not a fish.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "I believe that culture begins in the cradle . . .To do without tales and stories and books is to lose humanity's past, is to have no star map for our future."

I believe that culture begins in the cradle . . .To do without tales and stories and books is to lose humanity's past, is to have no star map for our future.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "A good story is [a] kind of irritant. You read it, then you cannot stop thinking about it. Eventually, your mind and heart encyst about it, and what occurs is a pearl of the soul."

A good story is [a] kind of irritant. You read it, then you cannot stop thinking about it. Eventually, your mind and heart encyst about it, and what occurs is a pearl of the soul.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "Because though women lie when they have to and men lie all the time, the mirror always tells the truth."

Because though women lie when they have to and men lie all the time, the mirror always tells the truth.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "I do not know where I am going or what I will do when I get there. I know only that to put one foot in front of the other, moves me on, away from you to a place, where I do not want to be."

I do not know where I am going or what I will do when I get there. I know only that to put one foot in front of the other, moves me on, away from you to a place, where I do not want to be.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "Their lips were too thin to ask forgiveness, and their minds too mean to understand love."

Their lips were too thin to ask forgiveness, and their minds too mean to understand love.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "We write not just to show off, not just to tell, or only to have written. We write to know ourselves."

We write not just to show off, not just to tell, or only to have written. We write to know ourselves.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "You've got some power, " Jakkin said. "One hug—and the lights go out!"

You've got some power, " Jakkin said. "One hug—and the lights go out!



Jane Yolen Quotes: "Well, ' the Goddess said, 'your heart didn't heal straight the last time it broke. So we'll break it again and reset it so it heals straight this time."

Well, ' the Goddess said, 'your heart didn't heal straight the last time it broke. So we'll break it again and reset it so it heals straight this time.



Jane Yolen Quotes: "And at twelve, heading for adulthood, a child fears that the way she is at that moment is all she's ever going to be."

And at twelve, heading for adulthood, a child fears that the way she is at that moment is all she's ever going to be.