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Weekend Book Quotes

A bookmark by Bev.

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. ~Francis Bacon

What is more important in a library than anything else – than everything else – is the fact that it exists. ~Archibald MacLeish, “The Premise of Meaning,” American Scholar, 5 June 1972

As a child, my number one best friend was the librarian in my grade school. I actually believed all those books belonged to her. ~Erma Bombeck

Reading aloud with children is known to be the single most important activity for building the knowledge and skills they will eventually require for learning to read. ~ Marilyn Jager Adams

Don’t join the book burners. Do not think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed. ~ Dwight David Eisenhower

This Weekend Book Quotes post is brought to us by Linda Covella. A writer for 25 years, Linda boasts a background in art, computers, business and restaurant reviewing. Covella holds degrees in Art, Mechanical Drafting, Manufacturing Management and a Certificate for Professional Technical Writing. She has been published in the Santa Cruz GoodTimes, Zootles and Learning Through History children’s magazines, and is represented by Betsy Amster Literary Enterprises.

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