"No book is really worth reading at..." - Quote by C S Lewis
No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.
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“We must meet children as equals in that area of our nature where we are their equals...The child as reader is neither to be patronized nor idolized: we talk to him as man to man.”
“Thirst was made for water; inquiry for truth. What you now call the free play of inquiry has neither more nor less to do with the ends for which intelligence was given you than masturbation has to do with marriage.”
“When we force a boy to be a mediocrity in a dozen subjects we destroy his standards, perhaps for life.”
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“Children's reading and children's thinking are the rock-bottom base upon which this country will rise. Or not rise. In these days of tension and confusion, writers are beginning to realize that books for children have a greater potential for good or evil than any other form of literature on earth.”
“A man only learns by two things; one is reading and the other is association with smarter people.”
“Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.”
More on Books
“Right around my first year of college - I remember "Song of Solomon," by Toni Morrison, just moved me tremendously. The power of language and how it can peel back truths, bring things to the surface. So I learned a lot from fiction.”
“Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding.”
“Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst...They are for nothing but to inspire.”