No one is wise enough to know what is truly good or bad.
The speech we hear is an indication of that which we don't hear. It is a necessary avoidance, a violent, sly, anguished or mocking smokescreen which keeps the other in its place.
The beauty of literature is that it allows us to live a thousand lives, to experience a thousand emotions, all within the span of a single lifetime.
Our minds are not designed to cope with the anonymity of modern urban life.
"A good picture book is like a silent movie; it tells a story without words."