Edmund Leighton [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading.
–David Bailey
You’ll get no argument from your Brandman librarians about the power of reading!
Pierre-Auguste Renoir [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
{{PD-1923}} – published before 1923 and public domain in the US.
Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will shortly be no older ones. Literacy will be dead, and democracy – which many believe goes hand in hand with it – will be dead as well.
–Margaret Atwood
Let’s think about Atwood’s quote and take the time to read something today. Even better, reflect and write about what you read to keep literacy alive.
By San Jose Library (Furry friends 2011_02_11 013) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
–Edmund Burke
What have you reflected upon lately?
Léon Bakst [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary.
–J.K. Rowling
We librarians support Rowling’s belief in reading. What have you read lately, and how has it increased your understanding of the world?
Rudolf Ernst [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.
–Rene Descartes
Whose conversation has influenced you the most?
Carmontelle [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
–Joseph Addison
Have you done any reading reps today?
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