--but there is no money to be made by burning libraries. Instead, libraries are usually burned because they contain ideas that someone finds problematic.

I would argue that it might be easier to endure loneliness than to endure the idea that you might disappear.

I like the idea that people get engaged thinking about design, about creativity. I don't see how it could possibly be bad.

I had forgotten how thrilling a snow day is until my son started school, and as much as he loves it, he swoons at the idea of a free day arriving unexpectedly, laid out like a gift.

What's funny is that the idea of popularity - even the use of the word 'popular' - is something that had been mostly absent from my life since junior high. In fact, the hallmark of life after junior high seemed to be the shedding of popularity as a central concern.