“Reading is a pathway to the mind. The destination is the soul." Clu Gallagher”

“What do teachers and curriculum directors mean by 'value' reading? A look at the practice of most schools suggests that when a school 'values' reading what it really means is that the school intensely focuses on raising state-mandated reading test scores- the kind of reading our students will rarely, if ever, do in adulthood.”

“I am not simply teaching the reading; I am teaching the reader.”

“To become a lifelong reader, one has to do a lot of varied and interesting reading.”

“What do we mean when we say our school 'values' reading?”

“I also talk a lot in Deeper Reading about the importance that confusion plays. When my students come to me, they think confusion is bad. They are wrong. Confusion is the place where learning occurs.”

“Whenever you squander attention on something that doesn’t put your brain through its paces and stimulate change, your mind stagnates a little and life feels dull.”