Writing for children hadn't occurred to me when I was younger, but nine years of teaching in the upper elementary grades had given me a deep appreciation of the gifts and graces that are specific to individuals with 10 or 11 years of experience as human beings.

Teaching in the upper elementary grades had given me a deep appreciation of the gifts and graces that are specific to individuals with ten or eleven years of experience as human beings. It is, I think, a magical time - when so much has been learned, but not yet enough to entirely extinguish the magical reach and freedom of early childhood.

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.

Remember, we are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.

A deep appreciation for politics comes from empathy for our fellow human beings and their diverse paths through life.

When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.