"Some read to learn, some to laugh, and some to live."

Literacy, Reading, Learning, Joy, Life

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"Why is it these days that so many people hate reading? Some people won't even touch a newspaper or magazine. It isn't television that kills reading, or cinema or radio, or even those accursed little things known as video games. People used to read all the time, but when the century shifted subtly, somewhere along the way, people forgot how to imagine. When did it happen? At what point? Who or what is to blame? Maybe it's just because the world has become so cold and scientific and shallow in recent years."

Rebecca McNutt, Canadian Author

Literacy, Reading, Imagination, Culture, Decline

"Has it ever struck you as odd, or unfortunate, that today, when the proportion of literacy is higher than it has ever been, people should have become susceptible to the influence of advertisement and mass propaganda to an extent hitherto unheard of and unimagined?"

Dorothy L. Sayers, British Author

Literacy, Propaganda, Media, Influence

"Teenage girls read in packs. It's true today, and it was true when I was a teen growing up in a small town in northeast Oklahoma."

Ally Carter, American Novelist

Literacy, Reading, Youth, Community, Habit

"Reading is awsome."

Christopher Paolini, American Author

Literacy, Reading, Learning, Knowledge, Imagination

"Rumi speaks of people who rely upon the written word as sometimes being no more than donkeys laden with books."

Idries Shah, Indian Author

Literacy, Knowledge, Books, Learning, Wisdom

"If you can't write, read.If you can't read, walk.Or walk and read, then write."

Joyce Rachelle, Filipino Author

Literacy, Learning, Reading, Walking, Writing

"Don't you think it's better to continue reading than to just close the book?"

Rebecca McNutt, Canadian Author

Literacy, Curiosity, Reading, Persistence, Engagement

"I felt convinced that however it might have been in former times, in the present stage of the world, no man's faculties could be developed, no man's moral principle be enlarged and liberal, without an extensive acquaintance with books."

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English Author

Literacy, Books, Education, Knowledge, Growth

"Illiterate people should only be charged for the photographs, when buying a newspaper."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Literacy, Truth, Humor, Wisdom, Power

"Don't let me get sappy on you, but when you get right down to it, every collection of letters is a magic spell, even if it's a moronic proclamation by the Emperor. Words have their impact, girl. Mind your manners. I may not know how to fly but I know how to read, and that's almost the same thing."

Gregory Maguire, American Novelist

Literacy, Word, Power, Influence, Truth

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"You won't stress over it unless you care."

Emotion

"Solitary walks are great for getting new ideas. It's like you're in a video game and you pick up idea coins on the way."

Creativity

"Not all friends know they have lost you."

Relationship

"Silence isn't always agreement. Sometimes people no longer argue because they no longer care."

Wisdom

"What advantage has the person who will not listen over the one who cannot hear?"

Communication

"One mistake is all they see."

Awareness

"For in that perfect garden when one day entered sin,An animal was murdered for garments made of skin.When figs of human effort produced religious strife,The Father tailored clothing for Adam and his wife."

Religion

"I'm not an insomniac. It's just that my mind is in the best position to catch the weight of all hovering possibilities the moment I lie down."

Mindset

"May any praise of your character come from others instead of yourself."

Self

"When we get too comfortable, we stop dreaming."

Comfort