From my foster parents, the Deans, I received the love that was ultimately to strengthen me, even when I had forgotten its… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
I don't want to approach reading from the viewpoint of that it's a pleasant adjunct to your life. I want to approach… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
As a young man, I saw families prosper without reading because there were always sufficient opportunities for willing workers who could follow… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
There have been two areas identified as being vital to reading - and that's for very young children between the ages of… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
We’re suggesting that [kids are] missing something if they don’t read but, actually, we’re condemning kids to a lesser life. If you… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
People still try to sell books that way - as 'books can take you to foreign lands.' We've given children this idea… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
I think that what we need to do is say, 'Reading is going to really affect your life.' You take a black… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
We all know we should eat right and we should exercise, but reading is treated as if it's this wonderful adjunct. — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
When we think of war, the tendency is to picture young soldiers only in their military roles. To a large extent this dehumanizes the… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
The most difficult idea to reconcile in war is the notion that anything is going to be solved by killing a stranger, or in… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
Within the black community, roughly 60 percent of children are born to single moms. Moms don't have the emotional wherewithal to deal with their… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
“pain is the only real emotion. Everything else can be taken away. Love,happiness,joy can always be taken away. Even old sadness can be dissipated… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
“People who want to hate you can find something in you they don't like. They have a talent for doing that.” — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
One of the lessons learned during the Vietnam War was that the depiction of wounded soldiers, of coffins stacked higher than their living guards,… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
I am very much interested in getting parents to read to children, and trying to get people mentoring children. If I can do both… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
We need to tell young people that America was built by men and women of all colors and that the future of this country… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
“Sometimes everybody touches in the dark. You touch to see what you can stand to touch, what you can to feel with your fingers… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
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