Rob Horton, the main character of The Tiger Rising, was a secondary character in an adult short story I wrote, and he wouldn't go away after I'd finished the short story. I couldn't figure out what he wanted, so I wrote to find out.

This is a wonderful joke to play upon a prisoner, to promise forgiveness.

Love!' said the princess. She stamped her foot. 'Why must everyone always speak of love?

The undoing is almost always more difficult than the doing.

But, reader, there is no comfort in the word "farewell," even if you say it in French. "Farewell" is a word that,in any language, is full of sorrow. It is a word that promises absolutely nothing.

Open your heart. Someone will come. Someone will come for you. But first you must open your heart. (Old Doll)

We must ask ourselves these questions as often as we dare. How will the world change if we do not question it?