Punch after punch after punch. February is a mean bully. Nothing could be worse - except August.

It seems to me that there are two great enemies of peace - fear and selfishness.

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.

More than fifty years ago Sputnik dramatically raised the nation's awareness of what was lacking in science and math education in America. What we need to wake people up to now is the crisis in imagination and concern for the greater good.

We are trying to communicate that which lies in our deepest heart, which has no words, which can only be hinted at through the means of a story. And somehow, miraculously, a story that comes from deep in my heart calls from a reader that which is deepest in his or her heart, and together from our secret hidden selves we create a story that neither of us could have told alone.

The name we give to something shapes our attitude toward it.

Mandarin ducks mate for life and will die of loneliness if separated from their chosen mate.