It is absurd to imagine that any child will be able to earn a living, let alone contribute to resolving our world's complex problems, without knowing how to read and write. My foundation supports the National Writing Project so that teachers can be more effective in their efforts to improve literacy for all students.

The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night.

She intended to swallow the world and he lived crushed by reality.

Barrabas came to us by sea, the child Clara wrote in her delicate calligraphy.

I have been a woman for 46 years and I only recently realized I can't change it and I like it.

After fifty most of the bullshit is gone.

It is a wonderful truth that things we want most in life-a sense of purpose, happiness and hope-are most easily attained by giving them to others.