There Is A Crisis Involving Reading In

Children Have Adopted A Consumerist Attitude - I Dare You To Entertain Me.

It Is This Language Of Values Which I Hope To Bring To My Books. . . . I Want To Bring Values To Those Who Have Not Been Valued, And I Want To Etch Those Values In Terms Of The Ideal. Young People Need Ideals Which Identify Them, And Their Lives, As Central . . . Guideposts Which Tell Them What They Can Be, Should Be, And Indeed Are.

Idiots Don't Know They're Idiots, Which Is Unfortunate.

When We Think Of War, The Tendency Is To Picture Young Soldiers Only In Their Military Roles. To A Large Extent This Dehumanizes The Soldiers And Makes It Easier For Society To Commit Them To Combat.

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