“A children’s story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children’s story in the slightest.”
—C.S. LEWIS
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“A word after a word after a word is power.”
—Margaret Atwood
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“That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”
—Ashoke from The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
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“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”
—Margaret Fuller
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“We read to know we are not alone.”
—C.S. Lewis
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“I read a book one day and my whole life was changed…”
—The New Life by Orhan Pamuk
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“That is, freedom begins the moment we forget ourselves.”
—Johannes from The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers
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“Great fiction opens readers’ hearts and, once they are captive and pliant, then opens their minds.”
—Donald Maass
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“Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well.”
—Mark Haddon
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“Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.”
—Maya Angelou