I need to write, and I can't write when I'm on the road.

Men and boys always want to go fight. They are always looking for a reason to go to war. It is the saddest thing. They have this abiding notion that war is fun. And no history lesson will convince them differently.

How will the world change if we do not question it?

As a kid books changed how I looked at the world and helped me understand things. Books still deepen me and open my heart.

Normally, Edward would have found intrusive, clingy behavior of this sort very annoying, but there was something about Sarah Ruth. He wanted to take care of her. He wanted to protect her. He wanted to do more for her. (page 135)

Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.

Fairy tales dont tell you that dragons are real, but that they can be defeated!