Quotes by Patricia Polacco

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.

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 certainty without proof. It is ability without practice. It is invention without limitations. It is imagination without boundaries. It is creativity without constraints. It is...extraordinary intelligence!

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

When you come from a family of storytellers, youre doomed. You just have to tell stories.

I didnt 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 werent even there. Thats when one of my teachers discovered I had a learning disability called dyslexia. Once I got help, I read very well!

I dont know if my work is a concerted effort to make kids sad!

I dont know if my work is a concerted effort to make kids sad! But life and death go hand in hand. Its our condition as human beings.