“And read… read all the time… read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life.”

“Read. Read all the time. Read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life.” (Wellesly High School commencement speech, “You Are Not Special”, 6-12)”

“Read. Read all the time. Read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life.” (Wellesly High School commencement speech, “You Are Not Special”, 6-12)”

“Reading is a staple of life, like bread or water. Or chocolate.”

“No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.”

“All the old houses that I knew when I was a child were full of books, bought generation after generation by members of the family. Everyone was literate as a matter of course. Nobody told you to read this or not to read that. It was there to read, and we read.”