Madeleine L'engle quotes
A self is not something static, tied up in a pretty parcel and handed to the child, finished and complete. A self is always becoming.
When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.
You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.
Life, with its rules, its obligations, and its freedoms, is like a sonnet: You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself