“He loved October. Had always loved it. There was something sad and beautiful about it — the ending and beginning of things.”
"That’s what makes best friends. It’s not whether or not you live on the same block or go to the same school, but how you feel about each other in your hearts."
- Jacqueline Woodson
Relationships
"The strength of my mother is something I didn’t pay attention to for so long. Here she was, this single mom, who was part of the Great Migration, who was part of a Jim Crow south, who said, ‘I’m getting my kids out of here. I’m creating opportunities for these young people by any means necessary.'"
- Jacqueline Woodson
Courage
"The strength of my mother is something I didn’t pay attention to for so long. Here she was, this single mom, who was part of the Great Migration, who was part of a Jim Crow south, who said, ‘I’m getting my kids out of here. I’m creating opportunities for these young people by any means necessary."
- Jacqueline Woodson
Strength
"He loved October. Had always loved it. There was something sad and beautiful about it—the ending and beginning of things."
- Jacqueline Woodson
Reflection
"Diversity is about all of us, and about us having to figure out how to walk through this world together."
- Jacqueline Woodson
Determination
"Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today."
- Will Rogers
Reflection
"Life is like a sewer … what you get out of it depends on what you put into it."
- Tom Lehrer
Reflection
"I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done."
- Lucille Ball
Reflection
"Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know."
- Pema Chodron
Reflection
"Happy Tuesday! It is a good day to reflect on the week so far and spread happiness."
Reflection