If we value all readers, we must value all reading.

I realized that every lesson, conference, response, and assignment I taught must lead students away from me and toward their autonomy as literate people.

I try to teach my students that books are a mirror, reflecting their own lives, and a window, giving them a peek into someone else's.

Readers enjoy talking about books almost as much as they like reading.

Books are love letters (or apologies) passed between us, adding a layer of conversation beyond our spoken words.

Although I enjoy digging through the library to help students find books, my aim is to help them develop self-confidence in choosing books for themselves.

Students need to make their own choices about reading material and writing topics.

The purpose of schools should not be to prepare students for more school. We should be seeking to have fully engaged students now

Failure is not an option, so why talk about it?

A classroom atmosphere that promotes reading does not come from the furniture and its placement as much as it comes from the teacher's expectation that students will read.

When we meet and I discover that we have read and loved the same books, we are instant friends.

When Hope disappears ~ Faith steps in...

...I see myself at crossroads in my life, mapless, lacking bits of knowledge - then, the Moon breaks through, lights up the path before me...

Nothing can be perfect... even the analysis of the human behavior. - If you think they can be perfect and 100% Accurate...

All the girls today want to be famous, but they haven't earned their spurs.

A person cannot be a Marine without honor.

Why would you pour a foundation, buy machines, hire employees, if you can make as much money buying bonds?

Life will knock us down, but we can choose whether or not to stand back up.

In a perfect world we don't want to be overly dependent on any single asset or be so dependent on the cycle or where one asset is the bulk of this company.

My father was right. Unfortunately, he died before I could tell him.

Apparently one of the most uncertain things in the world is the funeral of a religion.