"I don't think I prefer writing for one age group above another. I am just as pleased with a story which I feel works well for very small children as I do with a story for young adults."

-- Margaret Mahy

#Children Quotes #Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Feelings of right and wrong that at first have their locus within the family gradually develop into a pattern for the tribe or city, then spread to the much larger unit of the nation, and finally from the nation to mankind as a whole.”
“If you do not give the tenth part to God, he will take the nine parts.”
“Government is, and always has been, the greatest criminal threat to the peaceful members of society.”
“What the homosexual wants, and here he is neither willing to compromise nor morally required to compromise â€” is acceptance of homosexuality as a way of life fully on a par with heterosexuality.”
“I love life and nothing intimidates me anymore.”
“Though my stabilization chute opens at 96,000 feet, I accelerate for 6,000 feet more before hitting a peak of 614 miles an hour, nine-tenths the speed of sound at my altitude.”
“I guess I'm drawn to stories of people whose physicality puts them on the outside of things in order to explore the ways in which an identity is formed around these prevailing attitudes.”
“One difference between artists and ordinary people is that artists have big egos. In some cases, it's the only difference.”

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