If ever there was a time for true bipartisanship, it is today.

Reading builds the educated and informed electorate so vital to our democracy.

A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.

There is too much at stake for us to surrender to the politics of polarization.

In charting our course to the future, we are mindful of our path from the past.

No other investment yields as great a return as the investment in education. An educated workforce is the foundation of every community and the future of every economy.

Believe in yourself, and the rest will fall into place. Have faith in your own abilities, work hard, and there is nothing you cannot accomplish.

Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.

It is only through raising expectations and striving for excellence that our children can reach their full potential.

What unites Oklahomans today is what has always united us: Our unshakable faith. Our love of family and compassion for others. The unlimited promise of a hopeful future.

Resilience is woven deeply into the fabric of Oklahoma. Throw us an obstacle, and we grow stronger.

I'm grateful for today. I'm stronger, braver, wiser.

That’s the only thing you can do with a mess. Start cleaning it up, a little at a time.

Snow girl was glad she had left her own feelings behind.

I would never write, ever. I might as well exile myself.

In an ideal world, pressure should come from below and from the top.

Flying would give such occasions for intrigues as people cannot meet with who have nothing but legs to carry them.

You can't make yourself feel positive, but you can choose how to act, and if you choose right, it builds your confidence

We worked for 11 years to get where we are today, and I want to take our work seriously so that later on I'll be able to appreciate the money we've made.

Since it's fiction, the book resonates, at least for me, on various levels, some of which intimate ideas about history but none of which have the kind of directly causal reasoning you cite.

The whole stage was only for me. It was so cool.