“The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy… Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” —Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Teens know about sex. They know about abuse. They know a little about a lot of things. Reading good books and talking with adults they trust is far more enlightening and fortifying than pretending these subjects don’t exist.” — Author Shannon Hale from Pen America.