An Award Does Not Change The Quality

At One Time, Most Of My Friends Could Hear The Bell, But As Years Passed, It Fell Silent For All Of Them. Even Sarah Found One Christmas That She Could No Longer Hear Its Sweet Sound. Though I've Grown Old, The Bell Still Rings For Me, As It Does For All Who Truly Believe.

Your House Is All About Routine, Not The Unexpected Events Of Your Life.

Some People May Contend That There Is No Image More Charming That A Child Holding A Puppy Or Kitten. But For Me That's A Distant Second. When I See A Child Clutching A Book... To His Or Her Tiny Bosom, I'm Moved. Children Can Possess A Book In A Way They Can Never Possess A Video Game, A Tv Show, Or A Darth Vader Doll. A Book Comes Alive When They Read It. They Give It Life Themselves By Understanding It.

If You Don't Know Where You're Going, Stop Racing To Get There. -- From Just Desert By M. T. Anderson

The Polar Express Is About Faith, And The Power Of Imagination To Sustain Faith. It's Also About The Desire To Reside In A World Where Magic Can Happen, The Kind Of World We All Believed In As Children, But One That Disappears As We Grow Older.