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Reader Today, Leader Tomorrow

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Posted on April 7, 2015 by Select Stories

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Posted in Quotes | Tagged leader, Margaret Fuller, reader, today, tomorrow

The More You Read…

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Posted on January 4, 2015 by Select Stories

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Posted in Quotes | Tagged Dr. Seuss, go, know, learn, places, read

More Life

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Posted on October 23, 2014 by Select Stories

“The end of reading is not more books but more life.”
~ Holbrook Jackson

Posted in Quotes | Tagged Holbrook Jackson, life, reading

Readers: The Next Generation

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Posted on September 28, 2014 by Select Stories

“The simplest way to make sure that we raise literate children is to teach them to read, and to show them that reading is a pleasurable activity.”
~ Neil Gaiman

Posted in Quotes | Tagged children, literate, Neil Gaiman, pleasurable, reading

A Reader Lives a Thousand Lives

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Posted on September 15, 2014 by Select Stories

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Posted in Quotes | Tagged A Dance With Dragons, Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin, lives, reader

A Place to Go

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Posted on August 28, 2014 by Select Stories

utopia“Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.”
~ Mason Cooley

Posted in Quotes | Tagged go, Mason Cooley, reading, stay

Slip Away By Reading

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Posted on July 15, 2014 by Select Stories

“Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another’s skin, another’s voice, another’s soul.”
~ Joyce Carol Oates

Posted in Quotes | Tagged Joyce Carol Oates, reading, skin, soul, voice

A Deeper Meaning

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Posted on May 31, 2014 by Select Stories
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“Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.”
~ Maya Angelou

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Posted in Quotes | Tagged human voice, Maya Angelou, meaning, words

A Collaboration Between Writer and Reader

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Posted on May 9, 2014 by Select Stories

handshake“I know that books seem like the ultimate thing that’s made by one person, but that’s not true. Every reading of a book is a collaboration between the reader and the writer who are making the story up together.”
~ John Green

Posted in Quotes | Tagged collaboration, John Green, reader, writer

Focus Naturally Broadens

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Posted on April 16, 2014 by Select Stories

“Expand the definition of ‘reading’ to include non-fiction, humor, graphic novels, magazines, action adventure, and, yes, even websites. It’s the pleasure of reading that counts; the focus will naturally broaden. A boy won’t read shark books forever.”
~ Jon Scieszka

Posted in Quotes | Tagged broaden, focus, Jon Scieszka, pleasure, reading, shark books

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