A reader should know what he might reasonably expect under a particular label. ~John Christopher
Know Expect Should
In the early stages of writing children's books, an experienced lady editor said that while girls read boys' books, the converse was not true, and I may have been influenced by that. ~John Christopher
Children May Writing
The apple which tempts my characters is the one that will remove the knowledge of good and evil. I suppose it's something of a reversal of the conventional Eden story: Freedom of thought is perhaps the greatest good, and needs to be fought for and sacrificed for. ~John Christopher
Knowledge Good Freedom
The original version of 'The White Mountains' was probably just about worth publishing. ~John Christopher
Mountains White Worth
Common sense varies among the young, as among the old. ~John Edward Christopher Hill
Young Common Sense Old
I wrote as a very angry young man, believing he was going to be killed in a world war. ~John Edward Christopher Hill
War Man World
Only very slowly and late have men come to realize that unless freedom is universal it is only extended privilege. ~John Edward Christopher Hill
Freedom Men Late