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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Prayer is man's greatest power...Perseverance, secret of all triumphs...How long are you gonna keep this up?...To be an ideal guest, stay at home...If you listen through the screen of your desires...Culture makes people understand each other better...