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"Books build empathy.
Empathy leads to compassion.
Compassion leads to change.
Books can change the world." Alan Gratz
A lot of quotations have mentioned this and the longer I know people, the more I agree with it.
"That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your live, but in a new way." Doris Lessing
And sometimes you understand something you didn't understand all your life. I have learned so much about those subjects I didn't like at school or was never taught through my love of reading.
"Books: the children of the brain." Jonathan Swift
And we have the pleasure of seeing those children of so many smart brains. I love it.
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Books can change the world!
ReplyDeleteThey do it all the time, Lark. One reader after another.
DeleteI wish more people would read, so that empathy thing starts to happen!
ReplyDeleteWouldn't that be loverly, Sarah?
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