"In every literate society, learning to read is something of an initiation, a ritualized passage out of a state of dependency and rudimentary communication."

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Alberto Manguel

#Communication Quotes #States Quotes #Passages Quotes

“I can see every monster as they come in.”
“It was an hour before dawn. When all the Whos down in Whoville were asnooze in their beds without care. Sorry, wrong book. If I get to stay awake until dawn, I get just a tad slaphappy.”
“With an ocean between you and your European friends, you have to keep them in your heart.”
“But at night, when the library lamps are lit, the outside world disappears and nothing but the space of books remains in existence.”
“If it was up to me, there wouldn't be no such thing as the establishment.”
“As long as you persecute people, you will actually throw up terrorism.”
“I've never been able to understand where great artists come from.”
“We reached the point where weapons should go silent and ideas speak.”

Source : "The Crisis in a Nutshell: Quotes of the Week" by Aswini Periyasamy, www.newyorker.com. March 22, 2013.

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