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Quote by Laura E. Richards

“I would rather read poetry than eat my dinner any day. It has been so all my life.”

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Laura E. Richards was an American writer known for her children's literature. Her works were highly appreciated by children and won multiple awards. She was born on February 27, 1850, and passed away on January 14, 1943. more

“Stories ought not to be just little bits of fantasy that are used to wile away an idle hour; from the beginning of the human race stories have been used - by priests, by bards, by medicine men - as magic instruments of healing, of teaching, as a means of helping people come to terms with the fact that they continually have to face insoluble problems and unbearable realities.”

“Sudden wealth was the great insulator, second only to sudden bereavement.”

Wealth Bereavement

Author:Joan Aiken

“If reading becomes a bore, mental death is on the way. Children taught to read by tedious mechanical means rapidly learn to skim over the dull text without bothering to delve into its implications -- which in time will make them prey to propaganda and to assertions based on scanty evidence, or none.”

Ifs Way Mean Children Reading Taught Evidence Bother Propaganda Dull Bores Prey Implications Assertion Tedious

Author:Joan Aiken

“Drama's not safe and it's not pretty and it's not kind. People expect the basic template of television drama where there might be naughty villains, but everyone ends up having a nice cup of tea. You've got to do big moral choices and show the terrible things people do in terrible situations. Drama is failing if it doesn't do that.”

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