The notion dies hard that in some sort of way exports are patriotic but imports are immoral.
You must be filled with expectancy. You must be awash in hope. You must wonder who will love you, whom you will love next.
There ain't no way you can hold onto something that wants to go, you understand? You can only love what you got while you got it.
When we read together, we connect. Together, we see the world. Together, we see one another.
Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.
A typical day for me is I get up at 6:00, the coffeemaker goes on automatically and the computer gets turned on. I pour a cup of coffee, listen to Garrison Keillor's The Writer's Almanac, and then I write.
It is truly excellent to have someone believe in you and your ability to write. But I think it is just as helpful to have people who don't believe in you, people who mock you, people who doubt you, people who enrage you. Fortunately, there is never a shortage of this type of person in the world. . . write for yourself. Write for the story. And write, also, for all of the people who doubt you. Write for all those people who are not brave enough to do this grand and wondrous thing themselves. Let them motivate you.
The most powerful single force in the world today is neither Communism nor Capitalism, neither the H-bomb nor the guided missile -- it is man's eternal desire to be free and independent.
Boys are usually forbidden to have any contact with the Hunters. The last one to see this camp. . . " She looked at Zoe. "Which one was it?" That boy in Colorado," Zoe said. "You turned him into a jackalope. " Ah, yes. " Artemis nodded, satisfied. "I enjoy making jackalopes.
There is only one way to be prepared for death: to be sated. In the soul, in the heart, in the spirit, in the flesh. To the brim.
The tongue of man is a twisty thing.