“Children are more than we think they are; they can do more than we think they can do. All they need is a vote of confidence from grownups, whom they will ultimately replace anyway. Their dream toda...”

“I spend half my time comforting the afflicated, and the other half afflicting the comfortable.”

“But when adults speak up for the vulnerable and the weak, working and demanding that safety and respect prevail, God's little lambs are protected and nourished. They know they are not abandoned; th...”

“Children are ingenuous. They are also blessed with uncanny ability to read a person's character instantly. Even though they are inexperienced and unsophisticated, they often know instinctively who ...”

“Just know this: What you will do among children is as close to the heart of God and central to his kingdom as anything we could mention.”

“It all begins, I maintain, with that powerful and underutilized thing called love. God's love for the individual is displayed by those people who reflect his love in their words and deeds. It ultim...”

“The Decision...I wiped my hands on my pinaforenow sullied and stainednot crisp or pressedas it had been before...”

“I looked at him nonplussed. I realized that I have spent so many years being on a diet that the idea that you might actually need calories to survive has been completely wiped out of my consciousne...”

“Humans look just like livestock now. We achieve a state of buttery plumpness before we've even reached sexual maturity. We experience powerful cravings for food that is slowly making us sick. We ar...”

“Eating a can be the weight that pulls you under or the life raft. It's your choice.”

“Self-help isn't really self-help unless someone else is also helping you. We'd like to be that someone.”

“If I don't eat junk, I don't gain weight.”

“Laughter and love are their own forms of exercise meant to keep a body healthy.”

“To keep the entire body in shape, tend to every part of it, every limb, every organ, every joint and system. Educate yourself about your own body. Learn what to feed it and how to fuel it. Learn wh...”

“Heat radiated off Henry's face. Salty snot ran down his upper lip. A majestic fart propelled him to the top of Section 12, just at the springing of the stadium's curve. He slapped the sign as if hi...”