Llana Bruggemann

“It means,” said Aslan, “that though the Witch knew the Deep Magic, there is a magic deeper still which she did not know. Her knowledge goes back only to the dawn of time. But if she could have looked a little further back, into the stillness and the darkness before Time dawned, she would have read there a different incantation. She would have known that when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor’s stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backward. And now—”
― C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia, #2)

“To become a lifelong reader, one has to do a lot of varied and interesting reading.”
― Kelly Gallagher, Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It

“Teenagers want to read - if we let them.”
― Penny Kittle, Book Love: Developing Depth, Stamina, and Passion in Adolescent Readers

“...Shouldn't schools be the place where students interact with interesting books? Shouldn't the faculty have an ongoing laser-like commitment to put good books in our students' hands? Shouldn't this be a front-burner issue at all times?”
― Kelly Gallagher, Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It