“Of all the nations in the Western world, the United States, with the most money and the most time, has the fewest readers of books per capita. This is an incalculable loss. This, too, is one of the few civilized nations in the world which is unable to support a single magazine devoted solely to books.” WorldBookStatesReadingNationsLossUnitedUnited StatesSupportReaderWesternMagazinesCivilizedDevotedBook ReadingWestern WorldCivilized Nations Author:Eleanor Roosevelt
“I feel like I owe it to the readers to try to pull back the veil and give them the honest version of what's going on. But it's not more fun. If Obama, as he does sometimes already, gets a little snippy with me about something I've written, you're thinking, 'Oh God, the president of the United States is already annoyed with me.'” IfsThinkingGivingFeelsTryingLittlesDoeSometimesStatesFunPresidentUnitedUnited StatesWrittenHonestReaderVersionsVeilsAnnoyed Author:Maureen Dowd
“Readers have told me that their children have learned to read after years of struggle after starting to read Garfield's comic strip and many people who have moved to the United States have said that they, too, learned English by reading Garfield.” PeopleYearsChildrenSaidStatesReadingUnitedUnited StatesStruggleReaderMovedStartingComicComic StripsGarfield Author:Jim Davis