Banning books is just another form of bullying. It's all about fear and an assumption of power. The key is to address the fear and deny the power.

[Button] If Gay and Lesbian people are given civil rights, soon everyone will want them

The future is a trickster rabbit, full of surprises. Only the past is predictable. -Bobby Goodspeed

And that's an even greater love: to love somebody when he's a little...worn at the edges. —Teddy Bear

Sometimes I wish I were a character in a book and there was a writer out there giving me things to say.

Another thing I think about names is that they DO hurt. They hurt because we believe them. We think they are telling us something true about ourselves, something other people can see even if we don't. —Bobby Goodspeed

Sometimes kids just act impulsively, but it's because we have strong feelings, not because we're trying to make trouble.