Zilpha Keatley Snyder Quotes

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Nothing's real unless you want it to be, and anything can be real if you want it to enough; so real doesn't really mean anything.

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Imagination is a great thing in long dull hours, but it's a real curse in a dark alley.

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Know all the Questions, but not the Answers Look for the Different, instead of the Same Never Walk where there's room for Running Don't do anything that can't be a Game

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

There was that special smell made up of paper, ink, and dust; the busy hush; the endless luxury of thousands of unread books. Best of all was the eager itch of anticipation as you went out the door with your arms loaded down with books.

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

If you try to make your circle closed and exclusively yours, it never grows very much. Only a circle that has lots of room for anybody who needs it has enough spare space to hold any real magic.

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Born: May 11, 1927

Died: October 7, 2014 (aged 87)

Bio: Zilpha Keatley Snyder was an American author of books for children and young adults. Three of Snyder's works were named Newbery Honor books: The Egypt Game, The Headless Cupid and The Witches of Worm.

Known for:

The Egypt Game (1967)
The Headless Cupid (1971)
The Witches of Worm (1972)
The Gypsy Game (1997)
Season of Ponies (1964)

Zilpha Keatley Snyder on Wikipedia

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