If only the sun-drenched celebrities are being noticed and worshiped, then our children are going to have a tough time seeing the value in the shadows, where the thinkers, probers and scientists are keeping society together.
Source: The New York Times
-- Rita Dove, (Aug 28 1952-____), US poet, educator; Her poetry in Thomas and Beulah, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1987; chosen poet laureate at the Library of Congress in 1993.