Allen Stein

“When we pass over into how a knight thinks, how a heroine behaves, and how an evildoer can regret or deny wrongdoing, we never come back quite the same; sometimes we're inspired, sometimes saddened, but we are always enriched. Through this exposure we learn both the commonality and the uniqueness of our own thoughts -- that we are individuals, but not alone.”
― Maryanne Wolf, Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain

“Biologically and intellectually, reading allows the species to go “beyond the information given” to create endless thoughts most beautiful and wonderful.”
― Maryanne Wolf, Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain

“So much of a child’s life is lived for others. . . . All the reading I did as a child, behind closed doors, sitting on the bed while the darkness fell around me, was an act of reclamation. This and only this I did for myself. This was the way to make my life my own.”
― Maryanne Wolf, Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain

“Reading changes our lives, and our lives change our reading.”
― Maryanne Wolf, Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain