On my 14th birthday, my grandfather and my grandmother gave me the best birthday present ever: a drafting table that I have worked on ever since.

It is an awfully sad misconception that librarians simply check books in and out. The library is the heart of a school, and without a librarian, it is but an empty shell.

A child can have too many toys, but never enough books.

You never know when your ideas are going to come back to you.

Librarians are teaching the next generation how to use digital media responsibly.

My name is Jarrett Krosoczka, and I write and illustrate books for children for a living. So I use my imagination as my full-time job.

Your words don't match your vibe, & im trusting my gut this time.

Thought can never capture the movement of life, it is much too slow.

From the darkness we become stars, we behold the misery and mystery from the worlds we possess and build up fire from the glow and coils of our black souls, the Sun.

I just want my songs to be memorable, and for people to hear my songs in ten year's time and remember the great times they had while listening to 'em.

Don't try to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist; use it to be a better whatever-you-al ready-are.

A writer is nothing but a gray dirt-covered root. The works he sends up into the sunlight are his fruits, and only those are worthy of attention.

In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact.

You don’t have to feel safe to feel unafraid.

There may not be one Truth - there may be several truths - but saying that is not to say that reality doesn't exist.

It seems that we have it backward in our society. We tend to look up to people who are under a great deal of stress, who can handle loads of stress, and those who are under a great deal of pressure.