“A book is a gift you can open again and again.” – Garrison Keillor

“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” – Frederick Douglass

“Reading is the gateway skill that makes all other learning possible.” – Barack Obama

“If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you.” – Zig Ziglar

“It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading. Something that will stretch their imaginations – something that will help them make sense of their own lives and encourage them to reach out toward people whose lives are quite different from their own.” – Katherine Paterson

“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” – Joseph Addison

“A child who reads will be an adult who thinks.” – Sasha Salmina

“Reading gives us some place to go when we have to stay where we are.” – Mason Cooley

“The more you read, the better you get at it; the better you get at it, the more you like it; and the more you like it, the more you do it.” – Jim Trelease