Quotes on “literacy”

If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads, but what he rereads.

All that mankind has done, thought, gained, or been; it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.

People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.

As long as you have any floor space at all, you have room for books! Just make two stacks of books the same height, place them three or four feet apart, lay a board across them, and repeat. Viola! Bookshelves!

There is no such thing as a child who hates to read; there are only children who have not found the right book.

My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.