“Things get done only if the data we gather can inform and inspire those in a position to make difference.”

“Learning, without any opportunities to share what we've learned, is a little like cooking for ourselves; we do it, but we probably won't do it as well.”

“Collaboration allows teachers to capture each other's fund of collective intelligence.”

“We must begin where we are and move forward immediately by starting small and capitalizing on what's at hand.”

“nights and days came and passedand summer and winterand the sun and the windand the rain.and it was good to be a little islanda part of the worldand a world of its ownall surrounded by the bright b...”

“When you drop a glass or a plate to the ground it makes a loud crashing sound. When a window shatters a table leg breaks or when a picture falls off the wall it makes a noise. But as for your heart...”

“A good friend of mine once said, "I have never met a bigot who was a reader as a child.”

“I feel like every project I work on is a dream project, so long as I am learning.”

“Love, too, has to be learned.”

“Every pain is a lesson.”

“Im addicted to words. The only way to get my fix is to write and read.”

“Story always tells us more than the mere words, and that is why we love to write it, and to read it.”

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”