Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind, the second is to be kind, and the third is to be kind. - Anna Quindlen

Part of the great wonder of reading is that it has the ability to make human beings feel more connected to one another, which is a great good, if not from a pedagogical point of view, at least from a psychological one.

There are only two ways, really, to become a writer. One is to write. The other is to read.

It turned out that when my younger self thought of taking wing, she wanted only to let her spirit soar. Books are the plane, the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.