Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance.

I wonder how long it would take for anyone to notice if I just stopped talking.

School libraries are the foundations of our culture – not luxuries.

I pushed my ragged mouth against the mirror. A thousand crushed bleeding lips pushed back at me.

IT happened. There is no avoiding it, no forgetting. No running away, or flying, or burying, or hiding.

I reach for funny books all the time to help me get through life.

You hurt her by starving yourself, you hurt her with your lies, and by fighting everybody who tries to help you. Emma can only sleep a couple of hours a night now. She's haunted by nightmares of monsters that eat our whole family. They eat us slowly, she says, so we can feel their sharp teeth.