But now, like a fallen sparrow On a golden chain, I'm forever bound in shadow, A prisoner to my pain.

Books transmit values. They explore our common humanity. What is the message when some children are not represented in those books?

When I began to read, I began to exist

Cutting people out of your life is easy, keeping them in is hard.

We need to tell young people that America was built by men and women of all colors and that the future of this country is dependent on the participation of all of our citizens.

Reading is not optional.

I'll never live to write all the stories I have in my head.

We need to tell kids flat out: reading is not optional.

Think about all the tomorrows of your life.

We all know we should eat right and we should exercise, but reading is treated as if it's this wonderful adjunct.

It's a hard life sometimes and the biggest temptation is to let how hard it is be an excuse to weaken

It doesn’t upset me to think about dying. What upsets me is the idea of John being alone after his spell passes. The idea of one of us without the other. (p.127)

When somebody speaks a language that we don’t know, we often imagine that some important things are being said!

I couldn’t put it down.”— ERIN D

The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.

I want to be the white man's brother not his brother-in-law.

I'm going to retain a lot of Microsoft's stock.

We live, we die. Somewhere along the way, if we're lucky, we may find someone to help lighten the load.

The best design tool is a long eraser with a pencil at one end.

It is a very dangerous thing to know one’s friends.

We need American sources of resources, we need American energy, brought to you by American ingenuity and produced by American workers.