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Theresa Breslin Quotes

Lying eats into the soul. If it becomes a habit it frays the edge of your spirit. Truth telling, although sometimes harder to do, strengthens your heart. It serves a person ill not to tell the truth.

Lying eats into the soul. If it becomes a habit it frays the edge of your spirit. Truth telling, although sometimes harder to do, strengthens your heart. It serves a person ill not to tell the truth.

Theresa Breslin
Lying, Heart, Soul
"Medici Seal". Book by Theresa Breslin, August 3, 2006.

In order to deliver the emotional truth in the story, you have to include some of the literal truth.

Theresa Breslin
Emotional, Order, Stories
"Theresa Breslin: bringing the past to life". Interview with Michelle Pauli, www.theguardian.com. September 2, 2010.

What I try to do - and I think this is the former librarian in me - is to get primary source material.

Theresa Breslin
Thinking, Trying, Librarian
"Theresa Breslin: bringing the past to life". Interview with Michelle Pauli, www.theguardian.com. September 2, 2010.

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