It was as though I had been dying of thirst and the librarian had handed me a five gallon bucket of water. I drank and drank. The only reason I am here and not in prison is because of that woman. I was a loser, but she showed me the power of reading.

The essence of war is insanity. Destruction, death, women widowed, children orphaned, lands plundered, property destroyed, lives decimated - it's all bad.

I read like a wolf eats. I read myself to sleep every night.

Adults are locked into car payments and divorces and work. They haven't got time to think fresh.

Running with dogs is like dancing with winter

That's all it took to solve problems - just sense.

School didn't work for me. I hated it.