No matter how hard you try to be present at home, you're always doing the things that you have to do.

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.

Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.

The beginning of greatness starts from permitting your mental positive imagination to expand without limitations.

Failure to pass TPP sends a big signal. The United States is backing off, backing away. That will create a huge void here.

While friends and lovers mourn your silly grave, I have other uses for you, darling. I love the dead.

I am a woman meant for a man, but I never found a man who could compete.

You can't disassemble a bomb unless you understand how it was built.

For years I exercised to be thinner, and I never got the results I wanted. Now I determine my weight by how my clothes feel.

Chronic negative thinking and the emotions it invokes is, like many destructive behaviors, a form of addiction... it may not be very pleasant, but it's familiar.

Absolutely father knows best, always do what your fathers say, and if you can't find one then just ask me, I am a father and I know best.

For me, genres are a way for people to easily categorize music. But it doesn't have to define you. It doesn't have to limit you.