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“People with large book collections are almost always diligent learners.”
― The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
― The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
“That's how life goes on - protected by the silence that anesthetizes shame.”
― The Light Between Oceans
― The Light Between Oceans
“Providing students with the opportunity to choose their own books to read empowers and encourages them. It strengthens their self-confidence, rewards their interests, and promotes a positive attitude toward reading by valuing the reader and giving him or her a level of control. Readers without power to make their own choices are unmotivated.”
― The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child
― The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child
“Students will read if we give them the books, the time, and the enthusiastic encouragement to do so. If we make them wait for the one unit a year in which they are allowed to choose their own books and become readers, they may never read at all. To keep our students reading, we have to let them.”
― The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child
― The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child
“You have to let go before you can reach.”
― All the Answers
― All the Answers
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