When we read, even if the characters are tragic or sad or disturbing, these are our brothers and sisters in the human family.

The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on.

I think it is important to know how to teach new material to help young people grow and learn.

Terrence, the Roman slave who freed himself with his writings, once observed, "I am a human being. Nothing human is alien to me." That could be the motto of literature!

It doesn't make any sense. If the SIM are policemen, secret or not, shouldn't we trust them instead of being afraid of them?

Reading and thoughtfulness and openness are the best way, I should think, to begin to address the richness that is in each of us.

When we read, even if the characters are tragic or sad or disturbing, these are our brothers and sisters in the human family.