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title: "5 Reading Parents Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-fillion/whatever-our-bedtime-was-as-kids-we-could-stay-up-an-extra-half-hour/)

[Nathan Fillion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-fillion/)

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> [From my own experience, I know how important reading together can be for parents and children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilla-duchess-of-cornwall/from-my-own-experience-i-know-how-important-reading-together-can-be/)

[Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilla-duchess-of-cornwall/)

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> [I was a late bloomer when it came to reading. My parents didn't really read. Neither one of my parents went to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-zauner/i-was-a-late-bloomer-when-it-came-to-reading-my-parents-didn-t-really/)

[Michelle Zauner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-zauner/)

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> [I remember being taught to read at a very early age. Like creepy young. I remember being in the crib, reading. My…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-j-abrams/i-remember-being-taught-to-read-at-a-very-early-age-like-creepy-young/)

[J. J. Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-j-abrams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c2/j-j-abrams-3542_ability_i-remember-being-taught-to-read-at-a-ver_2334517.jpg)

> [I think the main thing that we can do as adults helping young people to find the joy in reading, whether we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-walton-hamilton/i-think-the-main-thing-that-we-can-do-as-adults-helping-young-people/)

[Emma Walton Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-walton-hamilton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/764/emma-walton-hamilton-14666_adults_i-think-the-main-thing-that-we-can-do-as_2626698.jpg)

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