“ Because we are human we have a long childhood, and one of the jobs of that childhood is to sculpt our brains. We have years--about twelve of them--to draw outlines of the shape we want our sculpted br… E.L. Konigsburg
“ Good explanations are like bathing suits, darling; they are meant to reveal everything by covering only what is necessary. E.L. Konigsburg
“ For the novelist or poet, for the scientist or artist, the question is not do ideas come from, the question is how they come. The is the mystery. The how is fragile. E.L. Konigsburg
“ I want all the books on the shelves. I want the books with dinosaur words like that show the skeletons in our national closet. I want books with the word cunt as well as the word kike. Words don't sc… E.L. Konigsburg
“ What happened was: they became a team, a family of two. There had been times before they ran away when they acted like a team, but those were very different from like a team. Becoming a team didn't m… E.L. Konigsburg
“ Tell how it is normal to be very comfortable on the outside but very uncomfortable on the inside. Tell how funny it all is. But tell a little something else, too. What can it hurt? Tell a little somet… E.L. Konigsburg
“ The girl clones at Singer Grove were just like the ones in Texas; they knocked themselves out to be like everyone else and then bragged about how they were different. All their differences put into a… E.L. Konigsburg
“ It is sometimes necessary to use unnecessary words like thank you and please just to make life prettier. E.L. Konigsburg
“ Because after a time having a secret and nobody knowing you have a secret is no fun. And although you don't want others to know what the secret is, you want them to at least know you have one. E.L. Konigsburg
“ Before you can be anything, you have to be yourself. That's the hardest thing to find. E.L. Konigsburg
“ It takes more courage to disturb the neighborhood than it takes to disturb the universe. And the price is often higher. E.L. Konigsburg
“ Since language is the only tool with which writers can reflect and shape a culture, it must be transformed into art. Language is not a limitation on the art of literature; it is a glorification. It ha… E.L. Konigsburg
“ The way I see it, the difference between farmers and suburbanites is the difference in the way we feel about dirt. To them, the earth is something to be respected and preserved, but dirt gets no respe… E.L. Konigsburg
“ He also learned to regard each port of call as part of the journey and not as destination. Every voyage begins when you do. E.L. Konigsburg
