You Cannot Live This Life Anymore Without

Reading Is Not Optional.

As A Kid I Didn't See Black Cowboys On The Screen. What That Said To Me Was That There Were Things I Couldn't Do Or Be Because Of My Color. What We See Others Like Us Do Gives Us Permission To Expand Our Own Horizons.

I Couldn't Speak Well. I Went To Speech Therapy For 10 Years. And I Was Sort Of Frustrated In That Sense.

I Think It's Difficult For Young People To Acknowledge Being Smart, To Knowledge Being A Reader. I See Kids Who Are Embarrassed To Read Books. They're Embarrassed To Have People See Them Doing It.

Wherever Your Heart Rests There I Will Live And Be Blessed I've Tried To Line Up The Things I Needed To Say But Now My Feelings Just Tumble From Me. I Am Half Foolish, Half Drunk With Wanting You With Wanting To Take Your Hand And Leap Into The Darkness Of Whatever Life Will Bring. Love Makes Me Brave And Without Love I'm Made Nothing.