A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled.
“Armchair poverty tourism has been around as long as authors have written about class. As an author, I have struggled myself with the nuances of writing about poverty without reducing any community to a catalog of its difficulties.”
“When I was in college I was accused of being a goody two-shoes. But every goody two-shoes has a bad side.”