6 Quotes by Jean Lee Latham

[The] reader is not primarily interested in plot. He is interested in what happens because he is interested in the character it happens to. No incident has any place in the story unless it has an emotional impact on the character--and on the reader.Newbery Acceptance Speech

It's a simple matter of mathematics.

We can't have freedom unless we have freedom. And that means freedom to speak our minds.

We can’t have freedom unless we have freedom. And that means freedom to speak our minds.

Mother did not answer. She was still gazing up at the sky. After a while she said, “I made up a sort of saying for myself, Nat. I will lift up my eyes unto the stars. Sometimes, if you look at the stars long enough, it helps. It shrinks your day-by-day troubles down to size.” She smiled. ‘We’d better go back. Granny and Father will be wondering where we are.

A strong man sails by ash breeze!