When you read to a child, when you put a book in a child's hands, you are bringing that child news of the infinitely varied nature of life. You are an awakener.
~ Paula Fox
Words are nets through which all truth escapes(News From The World)
A good novel begins with a small question and ends with a bigger one.
He smiled and bent forward, a hand on each knee, his truculence gleaming through his smile like a stone under water.
You'll see some bad things, but if you didn't see them, they'd still be happening.
