A lot of men just don't read. They don't read fiction at all.

Even Gone With the Wind had a shocking, cold-blooded murder.

sexual predators were like cockroaches. For every one you saw, there were twenty more hiding behind the walls.

I can’t—” Lena repeated. “I can’t do it. I can’t live without him.” Sara gently pulled her hand away from Jared’s. She smoothed down the sheet, tucked it in close around his side. She looked at Lena—really looked at her straight in the eye. “Good,” Sara told her. “Now you know how it feels.

People just make stupid mistakes. And they keep making them and keep making them, and suddenly they can't dig themselves out.

Reading develops cognitive skills. It trains our minds to think critically and to question what you are told. This is why dictators censor or ban books. It's why it was illegal to teach slaves to read. It's why girls in developing countries have acid thrown in their faces when they walk to school.

Reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life.