“Je hebt veel kennis nodig om een verhaal te begrijpen. Kennis van de wereld helpt je om beter je weg te vinden in een verhaal.”
Source: Brieven aan Miyo: Over het lezen van de klassieken met kinderen
“Als je kinderen wereldwijd rangschikt op leesplezier, dan bungelen Nederlandse kinderen ergens onderaan. Ik denk dat ik wel weet hoe dat komt. We zeggen tegen kinderen dat het niet uitmaakt wat ze lezen, als ze maar lezen. Maar als het niet uitmaakt wat je leest, dan maakt het eigenlijk ook niet uit dát je leest. We brengen kinderen niets van schoonheid bij als het om literatuur gaat.”
Source: Brieven aan Miyo: Over het lezen van de klassieken met kinderen
“Reading had made her feel like she was filling in missing pieces of herself, identifying ideas lurking inside of her, but that she'd never been able to articulate, or maybe had just been afraid to.”
Source: Nothing Serious
“A book which is not worth the labor of some thought is not worth the labor of reading.”
Source: Letters on Practical Subjects to a Daughter
“I can stand up for myself against idiots, just fine." She brings the sharp tip to my tattoo and scratches every single letter inked on my skin.”
Source: Bewitched
“We read to escape, to learn, to find love, to feel seen. We read to encounter new worlds, to discover new recipes, to find connection across difference, or simply to pass a rainy afternoon. No matter the reason, books have the power to keep us safe, to challenge us, and perhaps most importantly, to make us more fully human.”
Source: Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out – A Hilarious Guide for Book Lovers and Lifelong Readers
“Reading a book was like meeting someone for the first time. You don't know if you will love them or hate them enough to learn every detail, or skim the surface never to know their depths.”
Source: Long Live Evil
“One book can renew the minds of several generations.”
“For everyone who's ever finished a book under the covers with a flashlight when they were supposed to be sleeping.”
Source: I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
“Now I understand. It was not enough to carry wisdom under my wing. I must put it in my mind and in my heart. And to do that I must learn to read.”
Source: Petunia