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“How could we be readers, how could we be lovers of the impossible and the imagined, and not want to swell up with a new character, pull it onto land from a sea we made, and trick it by disappearing behind our hands?”

Book:American Mermaid

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“I am not against teaching students how to take a test. Indeed, we want all of our students to have test-taking knowledge. However, the emphasis of teaching reading through the lens of preparing students for state-mandated tests has become so completely unbalanced that it is drowning any chance our adolescents have of developing into lifelong readers.”

Reading Teaching

Book:Readicide: How Schools are Killing Reading and what You Can Do about it

Source: Readicide: How Schools are Killing Reading and what You Can Do about it

“But I think what matters far more with a book is how it affects you.”

Reading Literature Books

Author:yagisawa, satoshi

“In times of storm and tempest, of indecision and desolation, a book already known and loved makes better reading than something new and untried. The meeting with remembered and well-loved passages is like the continual greeting of old friends; nothing is so warming and companionable.”

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Book:The Bird in the Tree

Source: The Bird in the Tree

“Dakle, kao što sam rekao, ne mogu da ne budem ponosan na ovu sjajnu kolekciju... Pitaćeš se možda: Zbog čega? Jesu li sve to, recimo, odlično očuvani, retki primerci prvih izdanja? Ne. Imaju li posvete i potpise svojih sopstvenih, legendarnih autora? Ne. Da li su barem pripadale nekoj poznatoj ličnosti pre nego što su dospele ovde? Ne. ...Ali to je skup vrlo kvalitetnih knjiga, zaboga. Pogledaj ih samo. Često stojim pred njima i pitam se... Ne drže li one celi svet na njegovom mestu?”

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Book:Hodnik

Source: Hodnik

“A única ciência que nos assiste é a de preferirmos amar. Quem prefere o amor vive no milagre, e o milagre é em toda parte.”

Quotes Books Quotes Valter Hugo Mae

Book:Deus na escuridão

Source: Deus na escuridão

“You see, I used to be friends with him. Actually, I was friends with a lot of them. They weren’t always this ugly. They were very beautiful. They were with me and the rest of the angels, but that massive fight in Heaven broke out...”

Writing Book Reading Quote Author Writer Write Childrens Books Childrensliterature

Book:Last Night, When I Prayed

Source: Last Night, When I Prayed

“I walk a lot. It's good for your cardiovascular system, and it doesn't smash the pads of cartilage in the knees flat as jogging does after ten or twelve years of it. It has one drawback, however: it's boring as hell. Which is why, when I go for a walk, I always bring a book along.”

Life Reading Walking Stephen King Nightmares In The Sky

Book:Nightmares in the Sky: Gargoyles and Grotesques

Source: Nightmares in the Sky: Gargoyles and Grotesques

“These young readers felt things about books, which is why I call them great readers. Being a great reader has nothing to do with reading great sophisticated books or reading great long books or even with reading a great many books. Being a great reader means feeling something about books.”

Reading Reading Books

Author:Rebecca Stead; Wendy Mass

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