“The success of American studies depends not only on what scholars know but also on how we go about knowing.” - Tomlinson and Lipsitz
"[A] song, no matter how distant its source, can become immediate again with each listener’s embrace." - Shank
“I shall never forget the bewilderment, the pain, the heart-sickness, of that first day at school.” - Weldon Johnson
“History is contestable. Children should know this.” - Binder
“Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are.” - Zusak
“Like a bird on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir, I have tried in my ways to be free.” - Cohen
“Every choice brings wisdom in its wake. If you got to have the wisdom first, it wouldn’t be a choice – just policy.” - Maguire
“Children see things very well sometimes – and idealists even better.” - Hansberry