Family Quote by Andrea Barrett

I grew up in this household where reading was the most noble thing you could do. When I was a teenager, we would have…

— Keith Gessen

My mother always read to me as a child. I really believe that bonding time between a parent and child is so important and…

— Mary Engelbreit

Just as my father read to us as children, I used to read to my own children and now read to my grandchildren.

— Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

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

— Sue Monk Kidd

My mother insisted that her children read.

— Jimmy Buffett

Now, my mom did not read well and she read 'True Romance' magazines, but she read with me. And she would spend 30 minutes…

— Walter Dean Myers

I was a late bloomer when it came to reading. My parents didn't really read. Neither one of my parents went to college. I…

— Michelle Zauner

I grew up in a completely bookless household. It was my father's boast that he had never read a book from end to end.…

— John le Carre

My mother taught me how to read very early on and at school I was ahead of everyone in class... Reading was always something…

— Henry Rollins

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

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

My mother was an English teacher before she became a full-time mom, and a huge proponent of reading, so she made sure I was…

— Matt Wagner