Betsy Cornwell Quotes

When your heart is broken, it’s easier to follow rules

Children’s and YA books are about being brave and kind, about learning wisdom and love, about that journey into and through maturity that we all keep starting, and starting again, no matter how old we get. I think that’s why so many adults read YA: we’re never done coming of age.

One must always account for the vagaries of truth.

Shared, the pain was double, but only half so crippling. She couldn't bring herself to wish for the strenght to stand alone.

I have to believe it’s right to be a warm voice, a companion if I can be, as soon as ever I find a friend.

Everything was a broken line for me in those days. I was slipped into the empty spaces between words.