Sometimes when things get hard, we tend to set our sights on what's hard, that difficult thing that keeps us upset, and we turn our back on our strengths.

Books transmit values. They explore our common humanity. What is the message when some children are not represented in those books?

When I began to read, I began to exist

Cutting people out of your life is easy, keeping them in is hard.

We need to tell young people that America was built by men and women of all colors and that the future of this country is dependent on the participation of all of our citizens.

Reading is not optional.

I'll never live to write all the stories I have in my head.

We need to tell kids flat out: reading is not optional.

Think about all the tomorrows of your life.

We all know we should eat right and we should exercise, but reading is treated as if it's this wonderful adjunct.

It's a hard life sometimes and the biggest temptation is to let how hard it is be an excuse to weaken

Girls are weighed down by restrictions, boys with demands - two equally harmful disciplines.

Your true beliefs are known in agony

The Golds dance in pairs, Obsidians in threes, Grays in dozens. We dance alone, because only alone do Helldivers drill.~Uncle Narol

Everything's impossible until somebody does it.

When you have parents who are recognizable, there's a certain part of you that wants to know that people you meet are able to not get clouded by that.

Does anyone remember how we used to get cash before ATM's? Did we have to go inside the bank? Then what? We lived like apes!

Maintaining an open mind is essential when exploring the unknown, but allowing one's brains to fall out in the process is inadvisable.

There's so many people who move around our country and lose track of their own ancestry. It's nice to know where you come from.

There is no way you can get people to believe you on screen if they know who you really are through television.

Honour both spirit and form, the sentiment within as well as the symbol without.