Megan

Add friend

Megan’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (0)

currently-reading‎ (0)

read‎ (11)

did-not-finish‎ (0)

Stats | More…

Megan’s Quotes

“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

tags: books, children, difficult, grown-ups, write, writers, writing

16958 likes

“Reading a book, and taking the time to ruminate and make inferences and engage the imaginational processing, is more cognitively enriching, without a doubt, than the short little bits that you might get if you're into the 30-second digital mode.”
― Ken Pugh

1 likes

“There is an aversion to long chunks of sentences...The dire problem is that long chunks of sentences are still the best way humans have to express complex thoughts, intricate observations, fleeting emotions-the whole range of what we are...It is unclear whether the American attention span can support book reading for much longer...”
― Dick Meyer

2 likes