I need to write, and I can't write when I'm on the road.

I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults.

There ain't no way you can hold onto something that wants to go, you understand? You can only love what you got while you got it.

Once upon a time," he said out loud to the darkness. He said these words because they were the best, the most powerful words that he knew and just the saying of them comforted him.

There is nothing sweeter in this sad world than the sound of someone you love calling your name.

When we read together, we connect. Together, we see the world. Together, we see one another.

Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.

The undoing is almost always more difficult than the doing.

You must be filled with expectancy. You must be awash in hope. You must wonder who will love you, whom you will love next.

It is important that you say what you mean to say. Time is too short. You must speak the words that matter.

The world is dark, and light is precious. Come closer, dear reader. You must trust me. I am telling you a story.

A true leader is a servant.

Per aspera ad astra, Papa, ' I whispered. Through hardship to the stars.

The most violent element in society is ignorance.

Speaking with many young people, they act like their virginity is something you have to turn the page very quickly on. "It's done."

The slot machines sit there like young courtesans, promising pleasures undreamed of, your deepest desires fulfilled, all lusts satiated.

Good biology without good philosophy will be a calamity.

Leadership is only courage and wisdom, and a great carefulness of self.

Theres a fine line between physical and thug ball, and the Knicks have crossed the line on occasion.

Drunk nerds. Not my thing.” “You like nerds.” “Not nerds who join fraternities,” Cath said. “That’s a whole subclass of nerds that I’m not interested in.

Tanks come in two forms: the dangerous, deadly kind and the "liberating" kind.