Just to inspire us all and remind us why writing matters, here’s a fantastic monologue delivered by an 8-year-old dynamo named Madison:

“The world needs books! What would the world be like without books? They fuel our mind like cars and gas! The cars can’t go without gas. Our brains can’t go without books. The world needs books. We. Need. Books. It would break my heart if one book was lost. If just a page, just a word, just a letter was gone. I would be heartbroken. What would the world do without books? It would be empty. Like a bucket without water. Like a brain without knowledge. Like a file cabinet without papers. We need books. The world would be black and white without books. The world would be blank without books. A long time ago, it was blank, until books came to the world. And everything was opened up. Colors came. Inventors were born. Inventions were made. The world was a better place. And that all started with books.”