Quotes by Patricia Polacco

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Writer and illustrator · American · 1944

American writer and illustrator (born 1944)

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“I don't know if my work is a concerted effort to make kids sad!”

“Until we learn to honor and respect what other people believe, I think we are doomed.”

“When you come from a family of storytellers, you're doomed. You just have to tell stories.”

“You were born with the power to change others. You change people by the way you treat them. That is what changes the human heart.”

“I don't know if my work is a concerted effort to make kids sad! But life and death go hand in hand. It's our condition as human beings.”

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“You were born with the power to change others. You change people by the way you treat them. That is what changes the human heart.”
— Patricia Polacco
relationships

“Genius is neither learned nor acquired. It is knowing without experience. It is risking without fear of failure. It is perception without touch. It is understanding without research. It is certaint...”
— Patricia Polacco
genius

“When you come from a family of storytellers, you're doomed. You just have to tell stories.”
— Patricia Polacco
You Just Tell

“I didn't learn to read until I was almost 14 years old. Reading out loud for me was a nightmare because I would mispronounce words or reconstruct things that weren't even there. That's when one of ...”
— Patricia Polacco
Reading Words Disability

“I don't know if my work is a concerted effort to make kids sad!”
— Patricia Polacco
Work Effort Know

“Until we learn to honor and respect what other people believe, I think we are doomed.”
— Patricia Polacco
Believe Honor People

“I don't know if my work is a concerted effort to make kids sad! But life and death go hand in hand. It's our condition as human beings.”
— Patricia Polacco
Life Work Death