Jill Paton Walsh quotes

“The protagonist of folktale is always, and intensely, a young person moving through ordeals into adult life. . . . and this is why there are no wicked stepchildren in the tales.”
-- Jill Paton Walsh

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“There is nothing more important than writing well for the young, if literature is to have a continuance ... They will inherit the earth; and nothing that we value will endure in the world unless they can be persuaded to value it too.”
-- Jill Paton Walsh

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“It is only grown-ups who want children to be children; children themselves always want to be real people ...”
-- Jill Paton Walsh

Source : Jill Paton Walsh (2007). “A Presumption of Death: A New Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane Mystery”, p.11, Macmillan

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“If you tell someone a secret, and ask them to keep it secret, you are asking them to display a discretion you are unable to display yourself.”
-- Jill Paton Walsh

Source : Jill Paton Walsh (2011). “The Attenbury Emeralds: The New Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane Mystery”, p.98, Macmillan

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“When you can turn people on their head and shake them and no money falls out, then you know God's saying, "Move on, son."”

“Its all gone pretty fast. I dont want to move on, but I know I have to.”

“The language itself is what gets me interested in writing. It's weird to me that words exist. Never a dull moment with words. They're a layer between our minds and the physical reality around us, obviously, but the layer seems like it's always in flux, like an asteroid belt, constantly moving.”

Source : "Cartographer of Word Galaxies". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. September 24, 2013.

“You may feel depressed, but it can't be so depressing that you can't move. No, I would say that people create in moments when they are elated about expressing their depression!”

“We must have done something very wicked before we were born, or else we must be going to be very happy indeed when we are dead, for God to let this life have all the tortures of expiation and all the sorrows of an ordeal.”

Source : Alexandre Dumas fils (2004). “Camille”, p.173, Penguin

“Heaven: A place where the wicked cease from troubling you with talk of their personal affairs, and the good listen with attention while you expound on yours.”

“It is right that the good should be happy, that the wicked and the impious on the other hand, should be miserable; that is a truth, I believe, which no one will gainsay.”

“A lot of negative words adults call the young, like 'naive,' 'impulsive' and 'way too connected online,' are all things we can turn into strengths to help us.”

“When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books geared towards young adults.”

“I don't need to prove I'm an adult by being ultra-sexy that's immature”