Jane Yolen Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

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

  Jane Yolen

  Book, Worn It, May

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

  Jane Yolen

  Children, Life Changing, Book

• A child who can love the oddities of a fantasy book cannot possibly be xenophobic as an adult. What is a different color, a different culture, a different tongue for a child who has already mastered Elvish, respected Puddleglums, or fallen under the spell of dark-skinned Ged?

  Jane Yolen

  Children, Book, Dark

• And for adults, the world of fantasy books returns to us the great words of power which, in order to be tamed, we have excised from our adult vocabularies. These words are the pornography of innocence, words which adults no longer use with other adults, and so we laugh at them and consign them to the nursery, fear masking as cynicism. These are the words that were forged in the earth, air, fire, and water of human existence, and the words are: Love. Hate. Good. Evil. Courage. Honor. Truth.

  Jane Yolen

  Hate, Book, Fire

• 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

  Book, Heart, Critics

• 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

  Stars, Book, Believe

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