Quotes for All
The greatest gift is a passion for reading. Elizabeth Hardwick
Once you learn to read, you will be forever free. Frederick Douglass
With twins, reading aloud to them was the only chance I could get to sit down. I read them picture books until they were reading on their own. Beverly Cleary
Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words. Betty Smith
We shouldn’t teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. B. F. Skinner
Wear the old coat and buy the new book. Austin Phelps
Anything’s possible in Human Nature,” Chacko said in his Reading Aloud voice. Talking to the darkness now, suddenly insensitive to his little fountain-haired niece. “Love. Madness. Hope. Infinite joy.” Of the four things that were Possible in Human Nature, Rahel thought that Infinnate Joy sounded the saddest. Perhaps because of the way Chacko said it. … Read more
Reading aloud means no skipping, no skimming, no cutting to the chase. Anne Fadiman
I always have music on unless I’m reading aloud, which I always do before I hand anything in. It’s the only way to know if a sentence really works, without clunks or cul-de-sac clauses. Anna Quindlen
You could time a suburban story by your watch: it lasts as long as it takes a small furry animal that’s lonely to find friends, or a small furry animal that’s lost to find its parents; it lasts as long as a quick avowal of love; it lasts precisely as long as the average parent is disposed on a Tuesday night to spend reading aloud to children.
Rachel Cusk