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 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.

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?

A novel is not, after all, a historical document, but a way to travel through the human heart.

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

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

Marjorie Agosin proves the power of the word to transport us to the center of her humane and human vision.