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> [We human beings were never born to read; we invented reading and then had to teach it to every new generation. Each new reader comes to reading with a 'fresh' brain - one that is programmed to speak, see, and…](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/)

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> [“We were never born to read. Human beings invented reading only a few thousand years ago. And with this invention, we rearranged the very organization of our brain, which in turn expanded the ways we were able to think, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grabe/we-were-never-born-to-read-human-beings-invented-reading-only-a-few/)

[Grabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grabe/)

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