[My mom] had always wanted to write a children's book. She was a children's librarian and an elementary school teacher, so of course she loves children and children's literature.

When you grow up as the daughters of George and Laura Bush, you develop a special appreciation for how blessed we are to live in this great country.

As a teacher you can see the difference in kids who have parents who were involved. That difference, by the time these kids get to the third grade, is drastic.

My dad saw my husband's boss at a conference, and he said to stop paying my husband until we produce children.

I'm aware that not all kids can pick up and fly to Panama. I'm very lucky.

I can't wish I weren't something that I am.

I don't have any children. I just have a cat, to my parents' dismay.

I didn't go to Latin America thinking, 'I'm gonna write a book. This is what I'm gonna do.' I went there to work for UNICEF and to learn.

I'm just not political. I have opinions, but there's nothing about the process that has ever interested me. I'm 22, and this is the first interview I've ever done in my life.

My first cat was named Cowboy, after the Dallas Cowboys.

I hope that I serve by being a teacher.

Science is great for us. But for someone who sees the humans for more than one million years, science is just a one instant like a baby trying to talk.

Loneliness is like a big, empty room inside you that echoes with the sounds of the life you're not living.

Determine the actions you should do every day to achieve your goals

Biologically valid races are not real, but cultural racism is, and we must understand how this cultural reality affects our everyday interactions.

I am Not a Pirate, I merely watch movies and delete them. Never store them on my computer.

Be God or let God.

The world is a dangerous place, full of people who don't trust each other. This is why I am staying up in this tree.

The squeaky wheel may get the most oil, but it's also the first to be replaced.

If we don't act, drilling will be allowed only 3 miles off Florida's east coast beaches.

I like the South because it is so much warmer on the sidelines than it is up North.