Play doesn't have to be the opposite of work.

We're asking schools to look at kids as partners in education.

Play matters because it gives us a brief respite from the tyranny of apparent purpose.

Play is kids' work in that it is a form of experiential learning that contributes directly to a person's ability to handle failure, to work in teams, and to take risks.

Policy change is most effectively enacted on the local and state level.

Excuse me, ” she said, her voice tight. “But if I’d known there was going to be a firearms examination at the end of the kidnapping, by God, I would have studied for it!

I was already well schooled in looking away, the jungle-craft of gentility.

We see the moon, don't we? So it's our eye. Animals see us, don't they? So we're their animals.

People in love, in whom every sense is open, cannot beat off the influence of a place.

The mob may hiss me, but I congratulate myself while I contemplate my treasures in their hoard.

Old age takes from the man of intellect no qualities save those that are useless to wisdom.

Good manners can replace morals. It may be years before anyone knows if what you are doing is right. But if what you are doing is nice, it will be immediately evident.

An older sister is a friend and defender - a listener, conspirator, a counsellor and a sharer of delights. And sorrows too.

Be a gift and a benediction.

Switch if you have to! It's not the mismatch that beats you, it's the open shot!