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

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.

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

But in the end, we learn we can forgive most people. The cushion of mortality makes their wrongdoing seem less dark, and whatever roads they traveled seem less foolhardy.

God in his infinite wisdomDid not make me very wise-So when my actions are stupidThey hardly take God by surprise.

she'd played mother and wives. Women in narratives were always defined by their relations.

As long as we are stronger than our troubles, we will always see them left behind us!

You dont know someone until you know what they want.

I need to make mistakes, just to learn (who i am)

It's all about guts. I've had so many ups and downs, I'm not scared of being down.

I don't care if 1 is prime or not, if 2 is prime or not, if 3 is prime or not. All I care is that there are more stars in the heavens than primes in the earth.

Do what you do for the sheer joy of it, Do what you choose,not what someone else chooses for you.

Tonglen practice begins to dissolve the illusion that each of us is alone with this personal suffering that no one else can understand.

Sustainable energy + food security + healthy environment = full employment + better future.