There is nothing sweeter in this sad world than the sound of someone you love calling your name.

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.

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.

The sound of the king's music made Despereaux's soul grow large and light inside of him.

It ended sadly. The kind of ending where you wait together, holding hands and weeping, while off in another room, love slowly dies.

What a difficult thing it is to ask someone's advice on a matter without coloring his judgment by the way in which we present our problem.

If you don't have passion, everything you do will ultimately fizzle out or, at best, be mediocre. Is that how you want to live your life?

Jon: Our only thought is to entertain you! Garfield: Feed me.

He's (Jack McKeon) been around baseball for twenty-plus years. He knows what it takes to be a manager. I hope he gets the chance.

The heroic cannot be the common, nor the common the heroic.

Good marketing speaks to human beings - the way human beings understand and take in information.

Not to give up under any circumstances should be the motto of our life: I shall try again and again, and I am bound to succeed. There will be obstacles, but I have to defy the obstacles.

We may be masters of our every lot By bearing it.

Generally a wise actor will be very careful about the person to whom he gives that power.