The thing I have learned through the years is that one idea 'doth' not a novel make. A novel must be several seemingly unrelated ideas that somehow magically come together to create the fabric of the story.

He may not have been born with guts, but he didn't have to die without them.

It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading.

We all learn here by the honorable path of horrible mistakes.

Reading can be a road to freedom or a key to a secret garden, which, if tended, will transform all of life.

We book people are always preaching about reading aloud to children, but unless you do, you can't realize how it enriches family life.

What I have come to believe is that joy is the twin sister of gratitude. I am most joyful when I am most grateful.