Anybody who puts a book into someone else's hands inspires me - teachers, librarians, booksellers, parents.

I actually do like traveling.

She was working to remind herself of who she was. She was working to remember that somewhere in another place entirely she was known and loved.

I am really an introvert, and I need that time alone for a variety of reasons.

We appreciate the complicated and wonderful gifts you give us in each other. And we appreciate the task you put down before us, of loving each other the best we can, even as you love us.

There," she said. She rocked him back and forth. "There, you foolish, beautiful boy who wants to change the world. There, there. And who could keep from loving you? Who could keep from loving a boy so brave and true?

I thought I was going nowhere. Now I can see there was a pattern.