Go out and do for others what somebody did for you.

The number one goal of teachers should be to help students learn how to learn.

Whatever news we get about the scans, I’m not going to die when we hear it. I won’t die the next day, or the day after that, or the day after that. So today, right now, well this is a wonderful day. And I want you to know how much I’m enjoying it.” I thought about that, and about Jai’s smile. I knew then. That’s the way the rest of my life would need to be lived.

It is not the things we do in life that we regret on our death bed. It is the things we do not.

I have never thought of writing as hard work, but I have worked hard to find a voice.

A lot of people want a shortcut. I find the best shortcut is the long way, which is basically two words: work hard.

Not everything needs to be fixed