Whenever someone makes out a guest list, the people not on it become officially uninvited, and that makes them the enemies of the invited. Guest lists are just a way of choosing sides.

I don't think there is any feeling I like more than the one that someone is glad to see me. —Connor Kane

I am convinced that not only do children need children's books to fine-tune their brains, but our civilization needs them if we are not going to unplug ourselves from our collective past.

Can you know excellence if you've never seen it? Can you know good if you have seen only bad?

Every job in the world has some built-in boredom. No man can stay excited about something every minute he is doing it. Routine is as necessary to life as water is to beer; it is the base that holds the flavors and spices together.

Ninety percent of who you are is invisible." - Mrs. Zender

Often the search proves more profitable than the goal.