Quotes from barbara harrison

Our power lies in the depth of our compassion and in our abilities to imagine each other in ourselves.

I refuse to believe that trading recipes is silly. Tunafish casserole is at least as real as corporate stock.

Two classical and archetypal structures. . . . the stranger comes to town and the journey [Sharon Creech, "Leaping Off the Porch"].

Real journeys may also be true in the mythic sense [Betty Levin, "Polar Bears and Lemmings"].

Children who find a single important life in the ordinary, unimportant, and unheroic are less likely to succumb to the human fallacy of Us versus Them [Betty Levin, "Polars Bears and Lemmings"].

The real world does, after all, include ourselves [Jill Paton Walsh, "Templates"].

A good descant makes the music richer [Katherine Patterson, "Metaphors to Live By"].

Justice for the Hebrews meant . . . making sure that all persons . . . can even worship any gods they choose [Katherine Patterson, "Metaphors to Live By"].