Fools commit suicide and think they're doing themselves a favor.

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

beyond the earth and the shadowthe brightness of our love will stay alive

Creativity is choice-making.

I didn’t care that we were out in public. I didn’t care that he was Moroi. All that mattered was that he was Adrian, my Adrian. My match. My partner in crime.

If you want an innovative environment, hire innovative people, listen to them tell you what they want, and do it.

Today, there are three kinds of people: the haves, the have-nots, and the have-not-paid-for-what-they-haves.

I shrug. "I'll probably mention that I'm in love with you." He chuckles. "Only you would say that in such a I-think-I'll-wash-my-hair-tonight tone.

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.

One single idea may have greater weight than all the men, animals, and machines for a century.

The only thing you must never speak of is your happiness.

And I am happy when I sing.