Battle Quote by Andrea Barrett

I was very lucky to have a father who read to us when we were children. And he didn't just read books - he…

— Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

I have always loved books, and as a mother, I wanted to share my passion for reading with my children.

— Aerin Lauder

I grew up as an only child and my mother was also an only child, so we were both very passionate about reading. I…

— Kate Beckinsale

Reading was a huge part of my life as a child - we were a family of storytellers.

— Sue Monk Kidd

Reading has always been life unwrapped to me, a way of understanding the world and understanding myself through both the unknown and the everyday.…

— Anna Quindlen

At the time I was taught to read, it was an Eden-like time of my life. My mother adored me. Everyone adored me. So…

— Jamaica Kincaid

When I finally began to publish, my father never read my work. He'd say, 'Oh, that's your mother's sort of thing.' But my mother…

— Peter Carey

I grew up in a household where reading was encouraged. My mother believed in the power of words, and my father obviously did too.

— Caroline Kennedy

I could read at a very early age and I loved stories, losing myself in stories, novels.

— Heather Donahue

When I was young, I didn't like to read. I would have much rather been outside doing something than been inside reading about it.

— Tony Dungy

I loved to read and to write, but then something happened. As I made my way through school, I kept getting handed books to…

— R. A. Salvatore

I read a book a day when I was a kid. My family was not literary; we did not have any books in the…

— Amy Tan