Adults Quote by Mildred Armstrong Kalish

Some people there are who, being grown; forget the horrible task of learning to read. It is perhaps the greatest single effort that the…

— John Steinbeck

It distresses me that parents insist that their children read or make them read. The best way for children to treasure reading is to…

— Kate DiCamillo

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

“People who do not read have no advantage over those who can not read.”

— Mark Twain

It distresses me that parents insist that their children read or make them read. I think the best way for children to treasure reading…

— Kate DiCamillo

“The idea that reading is a moral quality has unhappily led many conscientious persons to renounce their innocuous dalliance with light literature for more…

— Edith Wharton

“I believe we have an obligation to read for pleasure, in private and in public places. If we read for pleasure, if others see…

— Neil Gaiman

“To read is not a virtue; but to read well is an art, and an art that only the born reader can acquire. The…

— Edith Wharton

“The act of reading is a skill that can be cultivated.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“The privilege is not writing a novel, it's to have someone read it. When you look at it that way, you realize the responsibility…

— Javier A. Robayo

“Because reading is a selfish activity, writing must be unselfish, a gift to the reader.”

— Oscar Patton

“The power of readers lies not in their ability to gather information, in their ordering and cataloguing capability, but in their gift to interpret,…

— Alberto Manguel