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> [If children haven't been read to, they don't love books. They need to love books, for books are the basis of literature, composition, history, world events, vocabulary, and everything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/if-children-haven-t-been-read-to-they-don-t-love-books-they-need-to/)

[Edith Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-schaeffer/)

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## More by Edith Schaeffer

> [It is not necessary to have an extravagant food budget in order to serve things with variety and tastefully cooked. It is not necessary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/it-is-not-necessary-to-have-an-extravagant-food-budget-in-order-to/)

[Edith Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-schaeffer/)

> [Children are meant to understand compassion and comfort because they have received compassion and comfort - and this should be in the family setting.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/children-are-meant-to-understand-compassion-and-comfort-because-they/)

[Edith Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-schaeffer/)

> [People throw away what they could have by insisting on perfection, which they cannot have, and looking for it where they will never find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/people-throw-away-what-they-could-have-by-insisting-on-perfection/)

[Edith Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-schaeffer/)

> [There is something about saying, 'We always do this,' which helps keep the years together. Time is such an elusive thing that if we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/there-is-something-about-saying-we-always-do-this-which-helps-keep/)

[Edith Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-schaeffer/)

> [“It is true that all men are created in the image of God, but Christians are supposed to be conscious of that fact, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/it-is-true-that-all-men-are-created-in-the-image-of-god-but/)

[Edith Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-schaeffer/)

> [It is not a waste to write beautiful prose or poetry for one person's eyes alone!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/it-is-not-a-waste-to-write-beautiful-prose-or-poetry-for-one-person-s/)

[Edith Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-schaeffer/)

> [If children haven't been read to, they don't love books. They need to love books, for books are the basis of literature, composition, history,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/if-children-haven-t-been-read-to-they-don-t-love-books-they-need-to/)

[Edith Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-schaeffer/)

> [“I cannot understand the almost exclusive emphasis on racial integration, when in fact we are getting more and more segregated into tight little cliques…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/i-cannot-understand-the-almost-exclusive-emphasis-on-racial/)

[Edith Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-schaeffer/)

> [The most precious thing a human being has to give is time. There is so very little of it, after all, in a life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/the-most-precious-thing-a-human-being-has-to-give-is-time-there-is-so/)

[Edith Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-schaeffer/)

> [When people insist on perfection or nothing, they get nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/when-people-insist-on-perfection-or-nothing-they-get-nothing/)

[Edith Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-schaeffer/)

> [There is no occasion when meals should become totally unimportant. Meals can be very small indeed, very inexpensive, short times taken in the midst…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/there-is-no-occasion-when-meals-should-become-totally-unimportant/)

[Edith Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-schaeffer/)

> [There are various art forms we may or may not have talent for, may or may not have time for, and we may or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/there-are-various-art-forms-we-may-or-may-not-have-talent-for-may-or/)

[Edith Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-schaeffer/)

> [“For anyone who wants to write, and hopes some day to publish what he or she has written, it is far more important to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/for-anyone-who-wants-to-write-and-hopes-some-day-to-publish-what-he/)

[Edith Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-schaeffer/)

> [“I often advise young brides who are traveling during their first weeks or months of marriage to start "homemaking" in a hotel, even if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/i-often-advise-young-brides-who-are-traveling-during-their-first/)

[Edith Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-schaeffer/)

> [“Writing for enjoyment of expression does not need an audience of more than one.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/writing-for-enjoyment-of-expression-does-not-need-an-audience-of-more/)

[Edith Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-schaeffer/)

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