Tami

“Since I was trying so hard to make books lead my life, I didn’t want to read them and then just put them back on the shelf and say, “good book,” as if I was patting a good dog. I wanted books to change me, and I wanted to write books that would change others.”
― Jack Gantos, Hole in My Life

“Without really trying, I have become a collector of other families' secrets. Whenever I tell someone about my detective work, the first question is invariably something like this: 'Can you tell me the secret?' Sure, I say. The next question often is: 'Want to hear my family's secret?”
― Steve Luxenberg, Annie's Ghosts: A Journey into a Family Secret

“I think that we need history as much as we need bread or water or love.”
― David McCullough

“Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you.”
― Thornton Wilder, Our Town