“Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you.”

Louis L’Amour

“A bud is a flower-to-be. A flower in waiting. Waiting for just the right warmth and care to open up. It's a little fist of love waiting to unfold and be seen by the world. And that's you.”

― Christopher Paul Curtis, Bud, Not Buddy

“Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.”