Making lists of reasons was sometimes a good way to figure things out.

I don't read young adult or children's books, now that my grandchildren are beyond the age of my reading to them. I read reviews, and so I'm aware of what's out there. But I tend not to read the books.

The community of the Giver had achieved at such great price. A community without danger or pain. But also, a community without music, color or art. And books.

As a shy, introverted, scholarly child (long ago) I don't know what I would have done without libraries! My family moved often. I was always the new kid in town. The library always offered me my first and most important friendship: the place where I felt right at home. I still feel that way today, about libraries.

I have been fortunate. I have done so many things and enjoyed so many things and had such a great life, not to imply that it is ending, but that there aren't many things that I feel I have left undone.

It's the choosing that's important, isn't it?

Mama was crying, and the rain made it seem as if the whole world was crying.