“People say we can't do anything about the way the world is; they say it's set in stone. I say it looks like stone, but it's mostly paint and cardboard.”

“No harm in listening. Alexei's a child, not a wizard. We don't lose control of our brains by listening.”

“Stories can start revolutions.”

“It's inhuman to take your books away before you know the end.”

“Cowardice is for cowards. Fear is for people with brains and eyes and functioning nerve endings.”

“Wolves are the witches of the animal world.”

“A DEFINITION NOT FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY Not leaving: an act of trust and love,often deciphered by children”

“The ideal-worker standard and norm of work devotion push mothers to the margins of economic life. And a society that marginalizes its mothers impoverishes its children. That is why the paradigmatic...”

“When God Created Mothers"When the Good Lord was creating mothers, He was into His sixth day of "overtime" when the angel appeared and said. "You're doing a lot of fiddling around on this one." And ...”