Laura

“If reading isn't about communication, it is, in the end, about sharing. But a deferred and fiercely selective kind of sharing.”
― Daniel Pennac, Comme un roman

“Our children start out as good readers and will remain so if the adults around them nourish their enthusiasm instead of trying to prove themselves. If we stimulate their desire to learn before making them recite out loud; if we support them in their efforts instead of trying to catch them out; if we give up whole evenings instead of trying to save time; if we make the present come alive without threatening them with the future; if we refuse to turn pleasure into a chore but nurture it instead. If we do all this, we ourselves will rediscover the pleasure of giving freely-- because all cultural apprenticeship is free.”
― Daniel Pennac, Comme un roman

“When we see something like this we forget the most important and most obvious thing…those butterflies will never fly again.”
“It’s unnatural, and yet it’s so seductive…”
“That’s exactly the effect that death has on some individuals. That’s why serial killers exist.”
― Donato Carrisi

“All that time I thought she was my future, I was wrong. She wasn't my future at all. She was the door to my future. But I'm through that door now, and ready to close it behind me.”
― Liz Kessler