You gotta know someone cares about you, or you just give up.

The name we give to something shapes our attitude toward it.

To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.

It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading.

Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences, but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out connections.

I love revision. Where else can spilled milk be turned into ice cream?

As much pleasure as young people get from Twittering and texting, there is no way these activities will nourish their minds and spirits the way literature can.

Reading can be a road to freedom or a key to a secret garden, which, if tended, will transform all of life.

As I look back on what I have written, I can see that the very persons who have taken away my time are those who have given me something to say.

Some folks are natural born kickers. They can always find a way to turn disaster into butter.

I love to read. But I loved to read a lot longer than I started to love writing.

The blessing of resistance lies in its power to illuminate those aspects of ourselves which have eluded our appreciation.

Yeah, we're sweet but savage, and I think a lot of Canadians are that way.

The trouble with the transfer window is it creates a window where transfers have to be done

I think that live music is something that the Internet can never kill.

Confidence is key, if you don't have it, fake it!

I'd kind of expected that kids who knew about the Real World wouldn't act like jock dipwads. Guess I was wrong.

If it hurts, DON'T DO IT AGAIN.

The unconverted do not like to hear much about the Holy Spirit.

Playing my drums is therapy.

A full belly to the labourer was, in my opinion, the foundation of public morals and the only source of real public peace.