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“Dilettantism is the sort of thing one must avoid.”

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Leon Wieseltier, born on June 14, 1952, is an accomplished American writer. His work spans a variety of fields including literary criticism, political commentary, and philosophical thought, known for its profound insights and incisive writing. more

“I hope to encourage more children to discover and love reading, but I want to focus particularly on the appreciation of picture books…. Picture books are for everybody at any age, not books to be left behind as we grow older. The best ones leave a tantalising gap between the pictures and the words, a gap that is filled by the reader's imagination, adding so much to the excitement of reading a book.”

Want Children Book Age Reading Left Grows Imagination Behinds Focus Reader And Love Filled Appreciation Excitement Gaps Left Behind Picture Books Love Of Reading

Author:Anthony Browne

“The Hero cares not for a wild winter's storm. For it carries him swift on the back of the storm. All may be lost and our hearts may be worn, but a Hero fights forever.”

Heart May Care Fighting Lost Forever Hero Winter Storm Carrie Worn

Author:Cressida Cowell

“Books were despised by the Viking Tribes, as they were seen as a horrible civilizing influence and a threat to the barbarian culture.”

Book Culture Influence Threat Horrible Tribes Despised Barbarians Vikings

Book:How To Train Your Dragon: A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons

Source: How To Train Your Dragon: A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons

“Sometimes a King has to do terrible things in order to protect those he has sworn to look after. When the stakes are so high, dreadful decisions have to be taken. It is the responsibility of a King to take on that burden, that guilt.”

Looks Sometimes Order Decision Responsibility Taken Kings Terrible Protect Guilt Burden Stakes Terrible Things

Book:How to Betray a Dragon's Hero

Source: How to Betray a Dragon's Hero

“Most of us are lucky not to be Kings and Heroes, because we do not have to make the choices that Kings and Heroes have to make.”

Choices Kings Hero Lucky

Book:How To Train Your Dragon: How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel

Source: How To Train Your Dragon: How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel

“There were dragons when I was a boy.”

Boys Dragons

Author:Cressida Cowell

“I must break out... ...start a new life... been here for years... might be getting into a rut... something a bit more exciting... more adventurous... something with more of a challenge... There's not much opportunity for self-advancement in toilets.”

Years Self Might Opportunity Bits Challenges Break Exciting New Life Toilets Advancement Adventurous Break Out Ruts

Author:Raymond Briggs

“I remember that winter because it had brought the heaviest snows I had ever seen. Snow had fallen steadily all night long and in the morning I woke in a room filled with light and silence, the whole world seemed to be held in a dream-like stillness. It was a magical day... and it was on that day I made the Snowman.”

World Long Made Whole Dream Light Remember Night Rooms Silence Morning Filled Winter Whole World Snow Fallen Stillness All Night Snowman

Author:Raymond Briggs

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