Jane Yolen

Know, my son, that the enemy will always be with you. He will be in the shadow of your dreams and in your living flesh, for he is the other part of yourself.

— Jane Yolen

She filled the pot, got out a new filter, threw the old one onto the garbage, and counted out five tablespoons of Columbian Supreme. Then she waited while the magic of modern invention turned tap water into a hot dark-brown caffeine-powered drink. It was better than any Biblical miracle and risked no beliefs.

— Jane Yolen

“I’ll drive. You navigate.” He grinned. “I judge people by how well they read maps.”

— Jane Yolen

Time may heal wounds, but it does not erase the scars.

— Jane Yolen

“Will you write the story?”“On whether you are Rumplestiltskin or the Queen.”

— Jane Yolen

She hated to lie but she hated arguments even more.

— Jane Yolen

It is not crazy to want to know the past. It is only crazy to live there, like so many of the aristocracy.

— Jane Yolen

Wars do not make heroes of everyone.

— Jane Yolen

Wars may make heroes of men, but not all the time.

— Jane Yolen

“We are all sleeping princesses some time. But it is better to be fully awake, don’t you think?”...“Americans do not want to be awake?”“Truth is never tidy. Only fairy tales.”

— Jane Yolen

In college, I wrote newspaper articles and songs. Then, on my 21st birthday, I sold my first book. It was a nonfiction book about women pirates - 'Pirates in Petticoats.' After that, I was a book writer for good.

— Jane Yolen