Category Archives: Quotes
The More You Read…
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More Life
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“The end of reading is not more books but more life.”
~ Holbrook Jackson
Readers: The Next Generation
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“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
A Reader Lives a Thousand Lives
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A Place to Go
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“Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.”
~ Mason Cooley
Slip Away By Reading
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“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
A Deeper Meaning
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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
~ Maya Angelou
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A Collaboration Between Writer and Reader
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“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
Focus Naturally Broadens
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“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