“As a kid I would get my parents to drop me off at my local library on their way to work during the summer holidays and I would walk home at night. For several years I read the children's library until I finished the children's library. Then I moved into the adult library and slowly worked my way through them.” WayYearsChildrenHomeKidsNightParentWalksSummerAdultsMovedLibraryFinishedLocalsMy WayHoliday Author:Neil Gaiman
“I love the idea of having a kid who says, 'Yeah, of course I knew about Billie Holiday and Johnny Cash when I was nine years old.'” YearsIdeasKidsCoursesYeahNineHolidayCashNine Years Author:Robbie Robertson
“We [Americans] know Martin Luther King Jr. as a statue. We know him as a holiday. We know him as a speech. We don't know him as a man. Most people don't even know the whole speech, just "I have a dream." They don't know what his speaking voice was like, how he looked at his wife, or that he had four kids.” PeopleKnowsMenWholeDreamKidsVoiceFourWifeKingsSpeechHolidayStatuesLuther Author:Ava DuVernay
“Holidays are also an opportunity for kids to unlearn every good habit they've learned during the rest of the year. They don't go to school. They get to stay up past their bedtime. They get candy and presents for doing nothing. Childhood utopia.” YearsKidsSchoolPastOpportunityChildhoodHabitVery GoodHolidayCandyDoing NothingUtopiaBedtimeUnlearnGood Habits Book:Dad Is Fat Source: Dad Is Fat
“Like all kids with divorced parents, I have an abundance of holidays.” KidsParentAbundanceHolidayDivorcedDivorced Parents Author:Deb Caletti