“Our vision should be for each child to have a strong sense of belonging and inclusivity in the very communities that they will be expected to build, lead, and hold together one day...”
“A mãe teve reuniões com vários professores. (...) «Robert vive num mundo construído por ele, Eu sei que ele é meu filho, mas por vezes tenho a sensação de que ele veio não de mim e do meu marido, mas de algum outro lugar para onde tenta voltar. (...)».”
Source: The Bridges Of Madison County
“Some mountains are meant to remind you that no matter what, you were meant to rise to your fullest potential.”
Source: Coming to Grips with the Mountains and Valleys of This World
“Through inspiration, our children will exceed our expectation.”
“It’s amazing sometimes, the intuition of children. How clearly they see the world for exactly what it is, unclouded by so-called adult intellect and knowhow. Is innocence, in its own way, a kind of purified truth?”
Source: When I See You Again
“A huge hand scooped Tank up and placed him in a box that Tank was able to see through.”
Source: Where Is He?: Tank, the tortoise
“He wondered to himself, “Where is he?” He was very hungry, so he ate some lettuce. He preferred beans.”
Source: Where Is He?: Tank, the tortoise
“Tank thought to himself, “I am home. He is here.”
Source: Where Is He?: Tank, the tortoise
“Sometimes I get super tender when I think about how dumb and naive my child self was, and I wish I could go back and hug her while also reminding her to tuck in her shirt.”
Source: Wow, No Thank You.: Essays
“Often children's book illustrators were assumed to have kind and whimsical natures--a foolish expectation, for all the best children's literature, if anyone has been paying attention, hinges on betrayal, the heartlessness of nature, death.”
Source: I Hold a Wolf by the Ears: Stories