“My mother was a very talented artist. When she was in jail, we'd write letters back and forth; that was pretty much the only form of communication we had.”

“It is an awfully sad misconception that librarians simply check books in and out. The library is the heart of a school, and without a librarian, it is but an empty shell.”

“On my 14th birthday, my grandfather and my grandmother gave me the best birthday present ever: a drafting table that I have worked on ever since.”

“My mother was a very talented artist. When she was in jail, we'd write letters back and forth; that was pretty much the only form of communication we had.”