“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”    

Dr. Seuss A motivational presentation about the

wonderful world of books by Mikhael Trammell

“To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.”

Victor Hugo

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.” Stephen King

“When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading, just as I did when I was young.”

Maya Angelou

"Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers."

Harry S. Truman

“A book is the most effective weapon against

intolerance and ignorance.”

Lyndon Baines Johnson

“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the

body.” 

Sir Richard Steele

“There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.”    

Walt Disney

“What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you. Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how to live and die.”

Anne Lamott

"Once you learn to read, you will be forever free." Frederick Douglass

“If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one’s chances of survival increase with each book one reads.”

Sherman Alexie

“A good book is an education of the heart. It enlarges your sense of human possibility, what human nature is, of what happens in the world. It’s a creator of inwardness.” Susan Sontag

“No matter how busy you may

think you are, you must find time for

reading, or surrender yourself

to self-chosen ignorance.”

Confucius

“Every reader finds himself. The writer’s work is merely a kind of optical instrument that makes it possible for the reader to discern what, without this book, he would perhaps never have seen in himself.”

Marcel Proust

“What can I say?

Librarians rule.”    

Regis Philbin I couldn’t agree more,

Regis!