Linda Sue Park Quotes

“A mistake made with good in your heart is still a mistake, but it is one for which you must forgive yourself.”

Linda Sue Park book When My Name Was Keoko

Source: When My Name Was Keoko

“You burn the paper, but not the words. You silence the words, but not the thoughts. You kill the thoughts only if you kill the man. And you will find that his thoughts rise again in the minds of others - twice as strong as before.”

Linda Sue Park book When My Name Was Keoko

Source: When My Name Was Keoko

“Why was it that pride and foolishness were so often close companions?”

Linda Sue Park A Single Shard

Source: A Single Shard

“One step at a time, one day at a time, just today, just this day to get through.”

Linda Sue Park

Source: A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story