“Perhaps pondering words is also a form of seeking justice. If a monologue can invite a chorus, then perhaps it can speak for others as well.” ― Duo Duo, 2010 Neustadt Prize Laureate
Mildred D. Taylor Quote
“So many things are possible as long as you don’t know they are impossible” ― Mildred D. Taylor, The Land
http://neustadtprize.org/2003-nsk-neustadt-laureate-mildred-d-taylor/
“Part of Mildred Taylor’s genius is that she manages to paint full individual human beings and simultaneously paint a communal story…. Page after page, episode after episode, her writing stirs the passions of her readers.” — Dianne Johnson
Brian Doyle Quote
“All stories are, in some form, prayers.” ― Brian Doyle
http://neustadtprize.org/2005-nsk-neustadt-laureate-brian-doyle/
“Doyle’s great gift, I feel is that he charts for us one small corner of the world and, in doing so, reveals that it is no more out-of-the-way than anywhere else, really, once you give it a listen. He puts that one small place on the map and does so with humor and a great […]
Katherine Paterson Quote
“Reading can be a road to freedom or a key to a secret garden, which, if tended, will transform all of life.” ― Katherine Paterson
