he was trying to convince himself that he wasn't guilty.

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

There's not a word yet, for old friends who've just met.

One, who has passed through one pain, gets the strength to pass through many pains. Then he becomes the expert in passing through the pains.

A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses

One can get just as much exultation in losing oneself in a little thing as in a big thing. It is nice to think how one can be recklessly lost in a daisy.

The mine owners do not find the gold.

Chris Lighty was a huge portion of my actual career. It's difficult to adjust to not have someone around that's in your life, in your life.

Better by far to be good and courageous and bold and to make difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you

You told me love was fickle and fleeting.

Time erodes gratitude more quickly than it does beauty!

Reforms are not an end in itself. Reforms must have a concrete objective.