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In the wise and heartfelt words of Sonia Levitin, we hear the voice of an artist who has lived not one life, but many: “You’ll notice that my books offer great variety. Some are for adults, some for children and some for teens. There are mysteries, historical novels, picture books, love stories and stories of crisis and courage.” Beneath her gentle humility lies a truth as vast as creation itself—that art, in its truest form, is not bound by category, age, or rule. It flows where the spirit leads, shaped by compassion, curiosity, and the desire to give voice to every human experience. In these words, Levitin speaks as one who understands that the calling of a storyteller is not to please one world, but to bridge all worlds, uniting the young and the old, the joyful and the broken, through the eternal thread of story.

The origin of this quote is found in Levitin’s lifelong devotion to storytelling in all its forms. Born in Germany and shaped by the turbulent years of war and displacement, she carried within her both the shadows of history and the light of resilience. Having fled persecution as a child, she learned early that life itself holds many genres—moments of laughter and fear, love and loss, innocence and awakening. And so, when she wrote, she refused to confine herself to one kind of tale. Her books, like the seasons of the soul, reflect the full spectrum of human experience. In her own words, she gives us the key to her creative philosophy: that variety is not confusion, but wholeness; not indecision, but the deep recognition that life cannot be captured by one story alone.

To understand her wisdom, we must return to the ancients, who too believed that the soul is vast and many-sided. The poet Homer sang both of the fierce battles of men and the tender grief of parting lovers; Sophocles wrote of tragedy and moral struggle; Aesop spun his fables for the minds of children yet hid within them lessons for kings. So it has always been: the greatest artists are not specialists of one feeling, but servants of all humanity. They do not write for an age group—they write for the human heart. Levitin’s variety is the mark of such greatness. She reminds us that to live deeply is to honor every shade of emotion, every chapter of life, and to recognize that wisdom can arise from both the laughter of a child and the sorrow of an old soul.

Consider the life of Leonardo da Vinci, that Renaissance giant who painted, invented, and wrote with equal passion. When asked why he turned from one pursuit to another, he said that curiosity was the soul’s hunger for God’s infinite design. So it is with Sonia Levitin. Her art, varied and boundless, springs from curiosity and compassion—from the need to understand every corner of the human experience. Just as Leonardo refused to paint the same scene twice, Levitin refuses to tell the same story twice. Whether crafting a mystery or a tale of courage, she reminds us that creativity thrives not in repetition but in exploration. Each story is another lens through which to glimpse truth.

Yet within her variety lies unity. For whether she writes of children or adults, of crisis or courage, her work is always bound by a single, golden thread: empathy. This is the secret of her art, the heartbeat that animates every page. To her, courage is not only found on battlefields, but also in the quiet resilience of those who love, endure, and rebuild. Her love stories are not simply about romance, but about the courage to connect, to forgive, and to hope. Her mysteries are not merely puzzles, but mirrors reflecting the hidden truths of the human condition. Through all her genres, Levitin teaches that variety is not fragmentation—it is the music of wholeness.

Her words are also a quiet rebuke to a modern world that often demands specialization. Too often, we are told to choose one path, one role, one voice. But Levitin’s example reminds us that to be human is to be many things at once. We are all capable of reinvention, of curiosity that defies categories. The artist, the teacher, the parent, the dreamer—they are all faces of the same soul. In embracing variety, we honor the fullness of life itself. To limit oneself to one genre of living or loving is to live only half awake.

And so, let this be the lesson of her words: embrace the variety within your own story. Do not fear change or reinvention, for the soul grows by movement. Be brave enough to explore new forms, to learn new songs, to tell new stories with your life. Whether your current chapter is one of love, of labor, or of loss, write it with sincerity, knowing that it too belongs to the greater narrative of your being. For as Sonia Levitin shows, every experience—joyful or painful, familiar or foreign—is part of the same grand book of humanity.

Thus, her words become a blessing for every creator and every soul: do not confine your spirit. Let your life be as varied as the seasons, as full as the sky. For in the end, it is not sameness but variety that reflects the divine. The story changes, the chapters turn, but the song remains the same—the song of courage, compassion, and creativity. And that, as Levitin reminds us, is what it means to live—and to write—with one’s whole heart and soul.