If You Know You Don't

We’re Suggesting That [kids Are] Missing Something If They Don’t Read But, Actually, We’re Condemning Kids To A Lesser Life. If You Had A Sick Patient, You Would Not Try To Entice Them To Take Their Medicine. You Would Tell Them, ‘take This Or You’re Going To Die.’ We Need To Tell Kids Flat Out: Reading Is Not Optional.

If You Know You Don't Have A Win, Then There's No Use For You Being In The Game.

If What I Read Doesn't Reflect My Life - Whether I'm Gay Or Latino Or On Welfare - Doesn't That Really Mean That My Life Is Not Valuable?

Everything In Life Is Made Up...you Make Up That You Are Happy. You Make Up That You Are Sad. You Make Up That You Are In Love. If You Don't Make Up Your Own Life, Who's Going To Make It Up For You? It's Bad Enough When You Die And Everybody Can Make Up Their Own Stories About You. —mr. Hooft

My Life Is Not Packaged, Not Tidy. There Are Leftover Strands And Jagged Edges That Cut Even My Friends.