Hearing stories has a direct impact on literacy development.

People acquiring a second language have the best chance for success through reading.

Free voluntary reading results in better reading comprehension, writing style, vocabulary, spelling, and grammatical development

Teaching vocabulary lists is inefficient - the time is better spent reading alone.

If children read 1 million words in a year, atl least 1,000 words will be added to their vocabulary.

Light reading is not to be avoided but should be used as a conduit to more serious reading.

Those who read in a second language write and spell better in that language.

Without a reading habit, children simply do not have a chance.

Access to a school library results in more reading.

Learning to read in one language helps us read a second language.

Children read more when they see other people reading.

Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.

Love is not about making promises but it's about believing, no matter how far you are or how frequently you talk, you know you both are made for each other

I could not break records

God makes the harvest to grow. But we choose the kind of seed we sow.

Follow your intuition, listening to your dreams, your inner voice to guide you.

I've given many lessons in many sports over the years to many different people.

I think I'm a romantic person, yeah.

If I lose the ball, I lose it trying to do the right thing. That's the way it is.

The people must fight on behalf of the law as though for the city wall.

I hoped Lissa remained the only one with a surprise sibling.