Alyisha

“As they [Joan Rivers and Fred Rogers] wind down, Rogers sings...a special rendition of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat," by King Friday, who substitutes hilariously pretentious "kingly" lyrics of his own, rowing "ecstatically, ecstatically, ecstatically; life is but an illusion.”
― Maxwell King, The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers

“Academics who've studied Rogers's work often marvel at how young children calm down, pay attention, and learn so much from this television production - and how they remain calm and centered for some time after watching The Neighborhood. Rogers himself put great care into the pacing of the program to help children slow down and steady themselves.”
― Maxwell King, The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers

“Mister Rogers took his viewers on this little journey to show that even in the face of death, things move ahead. That's the essential message as he sits by the fish grave. Rogers never told grieving children that everything will be all right: no such simplistic reassurances. Instead he shared his feelings about death and loss, and the extraordinary truth, reaffirmed repeatedly throughout the program, that life does go on.”
― Maxwell King, The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers

“People are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home, that wilderness is a necessity.”
― John Muir