I admit that for me love goes deeper than the struggle, or maybe what I mean is, love is the deeper struggle.

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

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

A book does not discriminate against any reader. All are welcome at the table of literature.

Schools provide safe spaces to talk about controversial issues, and literature presents characters portraying human experience in all its richness and contradictoriness.

Depression is always in the details.