You are down there alone, the stars seemed to say to him. And we are up here, in our constellations, together.

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.

Handling a woman is an art that no one masters.

It made me gladsome to be getting some education it being like a big window opening.

The day before my 16th birthday I got my guitar.

The music that I play and that I like is traditional music, maybe it's because of my age.

The real innovators did their innovating by just being themselves.

It is extremely difficult to do anything constructive, let alone deep, on daily commercial television, especially on a talk show.

I think that I'm perfect.

I grew up thinking of snow as a luxury you visit.

If you don't think you want to go on a train and read the paper every day and work from nine to six at night, there was something about the uncertainty when I was younger which was very attractive

As a shareholder I have expressed my frustration with not getting more information about revenue and margins from the cloud.