"Although I enjoy digging through the library to help students find books, my aim is to help them develop self-confidence in choosing books for themselves."

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Source : Donalyn Miller, Susan Kelley (2013). “Reading in the Wild: The Book Whisperer's Keys to Cultivating Lifelong Reading Habits”, p.73, John Wiley & Sons

Donalyn Miller

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“Find a pile of gold and sit on it.”
“God is not about using the mighty but the willing. He is not into using amazing people, just ones who prepared to lay their lives down to him. God is not looking for extraordinary, exceptionally gifted people, just laid down lovers of Jesus who will carry his glory with transparency and not take it for themselves”

Source : Heidi Baker, Rolland Baker (2014). “Reckless Devotion: 365 Days into the Heart of Radical Love”, p.62, Chosen Books
“To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula.”
“There is no better reason in life for you to something than because you love it.”
“She didn't protest as Hale slid his arm around her and pulled her to rest against his chest. It was somehow softer there than she remembered.”
“The future cannot be predicted, but futures can be invented. It was man's ability to invent which has made human society what it is.”
“We all make basic assumptions about things in life, but sometimes those assumptions are WRONG. We must never trust in what we assume, only in what we KNOW.”
“No doubt that anarchist ideas are frightening to those in power. People in power can tolerate liberal ideas. They can tolerate ideas that call for reforms, but they cannot tolerate the idea that there will be no state, no central authority. So it is very important for them to ridicule the idea of anarchism to create this impression of anarchism as violent and chaotic. It is useful for them.”

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