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

The elasticity of imagination and compassion is what writing and reading promote.

A novel is not, after all, a historical document, but a way to travel through the human heart.

There is no end to what can be said about the world

Reading is a way to take in the difficult situations and understand them. The whole point of reading a book in class is to have discussion about what these situations are like.

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

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