Quotes by : Avi

It's said truth is stranger than fiction, but fiction makes truth a friend, not a stranger.

Writing takes a lot of patience. It usually takes me a year to write a book. One time, it took me 14....

A sailor chooses the wind that takes the ship from a safe port. Ah, yes, but once you're abroad, as you....

Magic," her mother said, "is a kind of hope. And wishes are like dreams. When we have them, we can make....

Every night, I was read to. Every Friday, we were taken to the library. I always received at least one....

Would you believe it? Would you believe it. Okay, this is WLRB, all-talk radio. Take a short break, then....

The greater a man's - or boy's - ignorance of the world, the more certain he is that he sits in the center....

When dark, it's bright, when brightest, it's gone. When gone for good, so will I be.What am I?

I took a deep breath. 'For you I've got something better than love.'What's that?'I...trust you.'Why?'You'll....

In another corner Nathaniel murmured to Maura, "You must know, Miss O'Connell, I . . . I loved you even....

Then the silence came back, that awful silence that seemed to just take over.In that silence I kept hearing....