I think sometimes we rush through countries, ticking off the attractions, but that's missing the point.

When I say to a parent, "read to a child", I don't want it to sound like medicine. I want it to sound like chocolate.

The fire of literacy is created by the emotional sparks between a child, a book, and the person reading.

The fastest way to teach a child to read is to teach them to write.

If you are not a writer, you will not understand the difficulties of writing. If you are not a writer, you will not know the fears and hopes of the writers you teach.

Books don't harm kids; they arm them.

You're not lonely when you're teaching, you're not quiet, you're laughing most of the time, you're having a wonderful time interacting with young people. It's the best fun in the world.

I realized with grief that purposeless activities in language arts are probably the burial grounds of language development and that coffins can be found in most classrooms, including mine.

Babies have much higher levels of stress in childcare.

As everyone knows, nothing is sweeter than tiny baby fingers and chubby baby toes.

I don't go to church much anymore, but Methodist values still wind me up and send me ticking into my daily life.

I discovered, however, in the early days of our marriage that, in having her way, she put my interests ahead of her own.

Speed will follow when the mechanism of the movements is more assured.

He avoided small talk at the best of times and this, unquestionably, was a million horrific miles from the best of times.

The difference between technology and slavery is that slaves are fully aware that they are not free

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Caregiving requires the intention of love, caretaking requires the intention of fear. Not acting in anger when you are angry requires the intention of love.

Ask for nothing less than inspiration.

Tell your little mascot to get out of here, cause I have no problem flippin' the bird.

You have to go the rounds from individual to individual in order to gather the totality of the race.

Love is the most common miracle.