Jewell Parker Rhodes Quotes

The whole world opened to me when I learned to read.

I feel very privileged to have reached so many kids because a life without stories, without the power of books, would be a very grey world, it's good to add colour.

Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.

For a person who grew up in the '30s and '40s in the segregated South, with so many doors closed without explanation to me, libraries and books said, 'Here I am, read me.' Over time I have learned I am at my best around books.

I do believe that books can change lives and give people this kind of language they wouldn't have had otherwise.

If there is still an American dream, reading is one of the bootstraps by which we can all pull ourselves up.

I've seen firsthand how books can change people's lives. It happened to me.

I may not know how to fly but I know how to read, and that's almost the same thing.

When books are opened, we discover that we have wings

Reading is important. If you know how to read then the whole world opens up to you

I think books can give rise to empowerment.

My grandfather says that's what books are for," Ashoke said, using the opportunity to open the volume in his hands. "To travel without moving an inch.

When you read to a child, when you put a book in a child's hands, you are bringing that child news of the infinitely varied nature of life. You are an awakener.

The doors of the world are opened to people who can read.

Give a kid a book, and you change the world. In a way, even the universe.

I learned to read from Mrs. Augusta Baker, the children's librarian. ... If that was the only good deed that lady ever did in her life, may she rest in peace. Because that deed saved my life, if not sooner, then later, when sometimes the only thing I had to hold on to was knowing I could read.

Reading was very important to me as a kid. It was very inspirational to me. I went to a school where that wasn't encouraged so much, but my parents encouraged that, and it has made me part of who I am.

Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.

Education is freedom.

Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.

Books stay with me and have shaped me and made huge impacts on my life.

Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.

If you can't read, the only thing you can do is enjoy the pictures, not the whole story. Reading is the key to knowledge. Knowledge is the key to understanding. So read on, young man! Read on, young lady!

And if you are a parent, introduce your children to their neighborhood library. It will give them a real sense of independence to have their own library card and enjoy borrowing books.

A book is a gift you can open again and again.