I knew it was going to be a different kind of class, but not a whole lot of reading -- which is rare for a history class.

I am so encouraged by the change in the response at the University. The problem is that it is a response. We need to change our methods of prevention.

It's a break from regular class. I don't like Tuesdays and Thursdays because it's silent reading.

One would suppose in reading them that women possess but one class of physical organs, and that these are always diseased.

That's the thing about fiction, that you live in it totally for a little while, but you must forget it, sometimes totally forget it, in order to go about the rest of your day.

The more I read the more I fought against the assumption that literature is for the minority - of a particular education or class. Books were my birthright too.