"What children read shapes the men and women they will become, but what I want most for my students is the discovery that reading is a well that never runs dry. Beyond the confines of a traditional education, often designed by entities outside the readers themselves, lies a vast lifetime of reading and learning. Who can say what books will mark my students' lives? It's not my journey, but I am happy to walk alongside them for a few miles. Perhaps a few of the books I invite my students to read will become part of their personal canons. I hope they find many more without me."
- Donalyn Miller "Reading in the Wild"