Longing is not always a reciprocal thing.

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.

Almost every truly creative being alienated & expatriated in his own country

Marriage is a school itself. Also, having children. Becoming a father changed my whole life. It taught me as if by revelation.

I don't know nothing about no marriages or nothing. I ain't even never been to a wedding.

Dracula and LSU Football are at their best after the sun goes down.

Every step of the way we walk the line Your days are numbered, so are mine Time is pilin' up, we struggle and we scrape We're all boxed in, nowhere to escape

Art is what we do. Culture is what is done to us. A photograph of an art object is not the art object. An essay about an artist's work is not the artist's work.

If you confer a benefit, never remember it; if you receive one, never forget it.

The Israeli regime is a tool in the hands of Zionists to control the Middle-East and the entire world.

Houses, like faces, hide all kinds of memories.

I have a daughter who is a sophomore in college and another who is in the 11th grade of high school.