"Our parents set the moral tone of..." - Quote by Sam Levenson

“Courage is walking naked through a cannibal village”

“Happiness is a by-product. You cannot pursue it by itself.”

“The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.”

“My father was a small claims court jester.”

“My parents are really conservative. My dad is Muslim, and my mom is the most conservative woman you've ever met. They're very aristocratic in the most quaint suburban way.”

“That traveling man was a two time lover, he took my love, then he took my mother.”

“I gave you the best of me, he'd told her once, and with every beat of her son's heart, she knew he'd done exactly that.”

“I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks so I wondered, what do Chinese mothers use? Toothpicks?”

“At the dawn of the 21st century, where knowledge is literally power, where it unlocks the gates of opportunity and success, we all have responsibilities as parents, as librarians, as educators, as politicians, and as citizens to instill in our children a love of reading so that we can give them a chance to fulfill their dreams.”