Drew, your enemies can mess your life up,' he said. 'Or they can make it easy for you to do it to yourself.' —Fletch

Books transmit values. They explore our common humanity. What is the message when some children are not represented in those books?

When I began to read, I began to exist

Cutting people out of your life is easy, keeping them in is hard.

We need to tell young people that America was built by men and women of all colors and that the future of this country is dependent on the participation of all of our citizens.

Reading is not optional.

I'll never live to write all the stories I have in my head.

We need to tell kids flat out: reading is not optional.

Think about all the tomorrows of your life.

We all know we should eat right and we should exercise, but reading is treated as if it's this wonderful adjunct.

It's a hard life sometimes and the biggest temptation is to let how hard it is be an excuse to weaken

I little esteeme to see your visage and figure, little doe I regard the night and darknesse thereof, for you are my only light.

Nobody wins unless everybody wins.

Ek gret effect men write in place lite; Th'entente is al, and nat the lettres space.

Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always an enemy to happiness.

Basically, we're taking a product that would be sold in the cheapest way for dogs, and after this process we can give it to humans.

Never underestimate the effect of clutter on your life.

I don't stop when I'm tired. I only stop when I'm done.

I'd like to be a queen in people's hearts but I don't see myself being queen of this country.

We made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends.

You seldom, if ever, get lucky sitting down.