If I couldn't sleep, I could read.

There's nothing wrong with reading a book you love over and over. When you do, the words get inside you, become a part of you, in a way that words in a book you've read only once can't.

Everyone else reached the Shores of Sleep, but I remained oceans away.

If a big person invests time in reading, kids learn reading is important, the child is important, words are important, stories are important.

Before you sleep, read something that is exquisite, and worth remembering.

I remember being a kid and reading all the dog books I could come across, both fiction and nonfiction.