Jane Yolen
Read something of interest every day — something of interest to you, not to your teacher or your best friend or your minister/rabbi/priest. Comics count. So does poetry. So do editorials in your school newspaper. Or a biography of a rock star. Or an instructional manual. Or the Bible.
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There is no greater education than one...It does no harm just once in a while to acknowledge...Old friends pass away, new friends appear...Trees and plants always look like the people...History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce...The biggest challenge in my life is getting all these kids...