A Sense of Wonder Quotes

“Civilization as well as education takes a downward spiral when it ceases to ask "What is truth?" and concerns itself primarily with what is measurable.”
― Katherine Paterson, A Sense of Wonder: On Reading and Writing Books for Children

“A book is a cooperative venture. The writer can write a story down, but the book will never be complete until a reader of whatever age takes that book and brings it to his own story. So please don’t ask me where I get my ideas as if I were some creature foreign to you who drinks at an alien watering trough. Don’t ask me where I get my ideas as though you have no part, no responsibility, in bringing what you read to life. It is only when the deepest sound going forth from my heart meets the deepest sound coming forth from yours - it is only in this encounter that the true music begins.”
― Katherine Paterson, A Sense of Wonder: On Reading and Writing Books for Children

“The basic task of education is the care and feeding of the imagination.”
― Katherine Paterson, A Sense of Wonder: On Reading and Writing Books for Children