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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.

The Best Time To Cry Is At Night, When The Lights Are Out And Someone Is Being Beaten Up And Screaming For Help.

But In The End, We Learn We Can Forgive Most People. The Cushion Of Mortality Makes Their Wrongdoing Seem Less Dark, And Whatever Roads They Traveled Seem Less Foolhardy.

The Beast Is The Monster That Destroys Your Dream

With My Writing, What I Want To Do Is Humanize The Young People I Write About.