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> [Read to your children Twenty minutes a day; You have the time, And so do they. Read while the laundry is in the machine; Read while the dinner cooks; Tuck a child in the crook of your arm And reach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-peck/read-to-your-children-twenty-minutes-a-day-you-have-the-time-and-so/)

[Richard Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-peck/)

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## More by Richard Peck

> [I caught a glimpse of happiness, and saw it was a bird on a branch, fixing to take wing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-peck/i-caught-a-glimpse-of-happiness-and-saw-it-was-a-bird-on-a-branch/)

[Richard Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-peck/)

> [We write by the light of every story we have ever read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-peck/we-write-by-the-light-of-every-story-we-have-ever-read/)

[Richard Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-peck/)

> [“Nobody but a reader becomes a writer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-peck/nobody-but-a-reader-becomes-a-writer/)

[Richard Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-peck/)

> [I read because one of these days I'm going to get out of this town, and I'm going to go everywhere and meet everybody,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-peck/i-read-because-one-of-these-days-i-m-going-to-get-out-of-this-town/)

[Richard Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-peck/)

> [Only the nonreader fears books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-peck/only-the-nonreader-fears-books/)

[Richard Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-peck/)

> [...they'd just tell you to turn the other cheek, wouldn't they?...Trouble is, Mrs. Dowdel observed, after you've turned the other cheek four times, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-peck/they-d-just-tell-you-to-turn-the-other-cheek-wouldn-t-they-trouble-is/)

[Richard Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-peck/)

> [Fame is a funny thing, like a secret, both are hard to keep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-peck/fame-is-a-funny-thing-like-a-secret-both-are-hard-to-keep/)

[Richard Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-peck/)

> [“The Shambaughs came, bringing Letty. She simpered up to me. Her eyes summed up the lace tippets on my Princess dress and the wide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-peck/the-shambaughs-came-bringing-letty-she-simpered-up-to-me-her-eyes/)

[Richard Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-peck/)

> [Writing is communication, not self-expression. Nobody in this world wants to read your diary except your mother.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-peck/writing-is-communication-not-self-expression-nobody-in-this-world/)

[Richard Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-peck/)

> [The years went by, and Mary Alice and I grew up, Slower than we wanted to, faster than we realized.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-peck/the-years-went-by-and-mary-alice-and-i-grew-up-slower-than-we-wanted/)

[Richard Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-peck/)

> [“I read because one life isn't enough, and in the page of a book I can be anybody; I read because the words that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-peck/i-read-because-one-life-isn-t-enough-and-in-the-page-of-a-book-i-can/)

[Richard Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-peck/)

> [Grandma, how old is she?" "Oh I don't know." Grandma said. "You'd have to cut off her head and count the rings in her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-peck/grandma-how-old-is-she-oh-i-don-t-know-grandma-said-you-d-have-to-cut/)

[Richard Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-peck/)

> [Humor is anger that was sent to finishing school.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-peck/humor-is-anger-that-was-sent-to-finishing-school/)

[Richard Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-peck/)

> [We don't write what we know. We write what we wonder about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-peck/we-don-t-write-what-we-know-we-write-what-we-wonder-about/)

[Richard Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-peck/)

> [“Never worry about a book corrupting a child. Worry if your children are not getting ideas from books.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-peck/never-worry-about-a-book-corrupting-a-child-worry-if-your-children/)

[Richard Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-peck/)

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