Over The Years, I've Traveled To Many

Mary Lincoln Provided Elizabeth Keckley With Opportunities For Social And Economic Advancement She Probably Had Never Imagined During Her Years As A Slave, While Elizabeth Offered Mary The Loyal, Steadfast Friendship She Craved But Had Always Found So Elusive.

One Can Never Had Too Many Librarian Friends.

For As Long As I Can Remember, I've Always Been Interested In Issues Of Social Justice, Political Freedom, And Civil Rights.

Beginning Writers Are Often Advised To 'write What You Know,' And Since I Knew About Quilters - Their Quirks, Their Inside Jokes, Their Disputes And Their Generosity, Their Quarrels And Their Kindnesses - The Lives Of Quilters Became A Natural Subject For Me. Quilting Wove Together My Two Themes As Completely And Effortlessly As I Could Have Hoped.

People Need Stories...we Use Stories To Teach, To Learn, To Make Sense Of The World Around Us. As Long As We Need Stories, We Will Need Books.