Stephanie Sapp

“So much in this world does not seem real. We think we are so connected nowadays -- cell phones, Internet, and constant access to everything and everybody. But we're not really connected. We've forgotten what's real. We've forgotten how to interact with the world around us. Not just to see something on a screen but to feel it, to smell it, to taste it. That's reality.”
― Deron R. Hicks, Secrets of Shakespeare’s Grave

“It's Friday," I reminded her. "We prefer our homework to age over the weekend, making it tender.”
― Sheila Turnage, The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing

“There are all kinds of ways to be in the world. And no matter what has happened to us, or what we have been told, or what we have believed, we get to choose our way.”
― Deborah Wiles, Revolution

“Reading is a tool no one can take away. A million bad things may happen in life and it'll still be with you, like a flashlight that never needs a battary. Reading can offer a crack of light on the blackest of nights.”
― Blue Balliett