I wasn't interested in the kinds of books that I thought I should be reading.

How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives.

Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear.

My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.

Believe in yourself and you can achieve greatness in your life.

our finger prints dont fade from the lives we touch

Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me.

Librarians save lives by handing the right book at the right time to a kid in need.

We are friends for life. When we’re together the years fall away. Isn’t that what matters? To have someone who can remember with you? To have someone who remembers how far you’ve come?

The truth will make you odd.

Things change…things happen…things you can’t even imagine when you’re young and full of hope.

Acknowledging our heartache and our hardship is the first step in coping and dealing with it.

I think at the heart of the pro-life movement is the idea that all people are created equal, endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights starting with life.

I'm working on new techniques. I'm trying to find a way to make fresco that can be detached from a wall, and I'm trying to find new people who can help me work on a very large scale in bronze.

I glanced up at him. "I love things that are beautiful when you don't expect them to be.

What is true [in psychology] is alas not new, the new not true.

Happy that New York passed marriage equality tonight. A victory for human rights. Progress.

If you sing of beauty though alone in the heart of the desert you will have an audience.

I do think that many religious people have enormous doubts.

It’s easier to be God than to see God.

Um, what I found though about the Christian Brothers is this: that they were certainly muscular.