“Reading is not optional.”

“We’re suggesting that [kids are] missing something if they don’t read but, actually, we’re condemning kids to a lesser life. If you had a sick patient, you would not try to entice them to take their medicine. You would tell them, ‘Take this or you’re going to die.’ We need to tell kids flat out: reading is not optional.”

“It's a hard life sometimes and the biggest temptation is to let how hard it is be an excuse to weaken”

“Sometimes when things get hard, we tend to set our sights on what's hard, that difficult thing that keeps us upset, and we turn our back on our strengths. ”

“Cutting people out of your life is easy, keeping them in is hard.”

“That's what's wrong with women. They want you to wait for them until they get ready and then they don't even tell you how they feel. ”

“She is a moron and too dumb to menstruate straight.--perhaps the best line from Shooter”