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title: "1 Brain Unique Quotes By Maryanne Wolf"
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> [I am an apologist for the reading brain. It represents a miracle that springs from the brain's unique capacity to rearrange itself to learn something new.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maryanne-wolf/i-am-an-apologist-for-the-reading-brain-it-represents-a-miracle-that/)

[Maryanne Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maryanne-wolf/)

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## More by Maryanne Wolf

> [There's a richness that reading gives you, an opportunity to probe more than any other medium I know of. Reading is about not being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maryanne-wolf/there-s-a-richness-that-reading-gives-you-an-opportunity-to-probe/)

[Maryanne Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maryanne-wolf/)

> [The act of learning to read added an entirely new circuit to our hominid brain's repertoire. The long developmental process of learning to read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maryanne-wolf/the-act-of-learning-to-read-added-an-entirely-new-circuit-to-our/)

[Maryanne Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maryanne-wolf/)

> [Skimming has led, I believe, to a tendency to go to the sources that seem the simplest, most reduced, most familiar, and least cognitively…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maryanne-wolf/skimming-has-led-i-believe-to-a-tendency-to-go-to-the-sources-that/)

[Maryanne Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maryanne-wolf/)

> [The brain is constantly adapting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maryanne-wolf/the-brain-is-constantly-adapting/)

[Maryanne Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maryanne-wolf/)

> [We humans invented literacy, which means it doesn't come for free with our genes like speech and vision. Every brain has to learn it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maryanne-wolf/we-humans-invented-literacy-which-means-it-doesn-t-come-for-free-with/)

[Maryanne Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maryanne-wolf/)

> [The same plasticity that allows us to form a reading circuit to begin with, and short-circuit the development of deep reading if we allow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maryanne-wolf/the-same-plasticity-that-allows-us-to-form-a-reading-circuit-to-begin/)

[Maryanne Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maryanne-wolf/)

> [If you word-spot James Joyce, you'll miss the entire experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maryanne-wolf/if-you-word-spot-james-joyce-you-ll-miss-the-entire-experience/)

[Maryanne Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maryanne-wolf/)

> [“There are few more powerful mirrors of the human brain's astonishing ability to rearrange itself to learn a new intellectual function than the act…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maryanne-wolf/there-are-few-more-powerful-mirrors-of-the-human-brain-s-astonishing/)

[Maryanne Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maryanne-wolf/)

> [We have to move into the 21st century, but we should do so with great care to build a 'bi-literate' brain that has the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maryanne-wolf/we-have-to-move-into-the-21st-century-but-we-should-do-so-with-great/)

[Maryanne Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maryanne-wolf/)

> [The brain is plastic its whole life span.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maryanne-wolf/the-brain-is-plastic-its-whole-life-span/)

[Maryanne Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maryanne-wolf/)

> [I am an apologist for the reading brain. It represents a miracle that springs from the brain's unique capacity to rearrange itself to learn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maryanne-wolf/i-am-an-apologist-for-the-reading-brain-it-represents-a-miracle-that/)

[Maryanne Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maryanne-wolf/)

> [We human beings were never born to read; we invented reading and then had to teach it to every new generation. Each new reader…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maryanne-wolf/we-human-beings-were-never-born-to-read-we-invented-reading-and-then/)

[Maryanne Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maryanne-wolf/)

> [When we have any function, whether it's language or vision or cognitive functions like memory, we aren't dealing with a straight line to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maryanne-wolf/when-we-have-any-function-whether-it-s-language-or-vision-or/)

[Maryanne Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maryanne-wolf/)

> [Every opportunity to practice is a gift to the developing reader. Practice, practice, practice, in every form and medium!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maryanne-wolf/every-opportunity-to-practice-is-a-gift-to-the-developing-reader/)

[Maryanne Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maryanne-wolf/)

> [Each young reader has to fashion an entirely new 'reading circuit' afresh every time. There is no one neat circuit just waiting to unfold.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maryanne-wolf/each-young-reader-has-to-fashion-an-entirely-new-reading-circuit/)

[Maryanne Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maryanne-wolf/)

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