"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men."
― Roald Dahl
“Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you are two steps ahead.”
― Fannie Flagg
“No one who writes a good book is really dead.”
― Walter Moers
“Why do I read?
I just can't help myself.
I read to learn...
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"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men."
― Roald Dahl
“Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you are two steps ahead.”
― Fannie Flagg
“No one who writes a good book is really dead.”
― Walter Moers
“Why do I read?
I just can't help myself.
I read to learn and to grow, to laugh and to be motivated.
I read to understand things I've never been exposed to.
I read when I'm crabby, when I've just said monumentally dumb things to the people I love.
I read for strength to help me when I feel broken, discouraged, and afraid.
I read when I'm angry at the whole world.
I read when everything is going right.
I read to find hope.
I read because I'm made up not just of skin and bones, of sights, feelings, and a deep need for chocolate, but I'm also made up of words.
Words describe my thoughts and what's hidden in my heart.
Words are alive--when I've found a story that I love, I read it again and again, like playing a favorite song over and over.
Reading isn't passive--I enter the story with the characters, breathe their air, feel their frustrations, scream at them to stop when they're about to do something stupid, cry with them, laugh with them.
Reading for me, is spending time with a friend.
A book is a friend.
You can never have too many.”
― Gary Paulsen
“Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.”
― Shel Silverstein
“You can learn to change the world or go on being changed by it.”
― Laurence Yep
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