Believe Quote by Margaret Atwood

There is nothing more important than writing well for the young, if literature is to have a continuance ... They will inherit the earth;…

— Jill Paton Walsh

In many ways, the ability to read is the great divide that separates the very young from everyone else. Once we've joined the conspiracy…

— Patricia T. O'Conner

One of the sad realities today is that very few people, especially young people, read books. Unless we can find imaginative ways of addressing…

— Nelson Mandela

We all know that reading is an invaluable life skill. It is vital for children in their education and as they take their place…

— Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

The present age has witnessed an extraordinary increase of a thinking public, by the facilities afforded to the diffusion of reading; the former happy…

— Friedrich Schiller

Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I think so much emphasis these days is placed upon achievement and skill and assessment that the joy has gone out of reading for…

— Emma Walton Hamilton

“If our schools continue to limit the literacy curriculum to reading and writing traditional, alphabetic, printed texts, then our children will be well prepared…

— Elizabeth A. Baker

“The ability to read, society tells us, contributes to success in education, employment, and citizenship. Reading is a democratic craft. Writing, in contrast, is…

— Roy Peter Clark

Literacy is much more than an educational priority - it is the ultimate investment in the future and the first step towards all the…

— Irina Bokova

I guess the important thing for young writers is to read.

— Paul Auster

My suspicion is that once you have literacy in place, the readership has not changed very much.

— Robert Hass