Children have to have access to books, and a lot of children can't go to a store and buy a book. We need not only our public libraries to be funded properly and staffed properly, but our school libraries. Many children can't get to a public library, and the only library they have is a school library.

Sometimes it seemed to him that his life was delicate as a dandelion. One little puff from any direction, and it was blown to bits.

It's like the smarter you are, the more things can scare you.

I was behaving, just like I promised, but fate intervened.

February is just plain malicious. It knows your defenses are down.

life ain't supposed to be nothing, 'cept maybe tough

Sometimes you need to give people something that's for them, not just something that makes you feel good giving it.