Marie

“If you are embarrassed about your sex, it must mean that you feel there is something demeaning or disgusting about being female. You are all wondrously made, girls. Remember that: wondrously made, and you should carry your sex proudly, a badge of honor.”
― Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, All But Alice

“I believe that children in this country need a more robust literary diet than they are getting. …It does not hurt them to read about good and evil, love and hate, life and death. Nor do I think they should read only about things that they understand. '…a man’s reach should exceed his grasp.' So should a child’s. For myself, I will never talk down to, or draw down to, children.

(from the author's acceptance speech for the Caldecott award)”
― Barbara Cooney, Chanticleer and the Fox

“The Bishop blessed him and helped him to his feet.
"May God have mercy on you," he said. And erased him from his heart.”
― Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez, Of Love and Other Demons

“Dare to be strong and courageous. That is the road. Venture anything.”
― Sherwood Anderson