In the UAE
In the UAE – Caught Reading
“Any book that helps a child to form a
habit of reading, to make reading one
of his deep and continuing habits, is
good for him.” –Maya Angelou
“You know you’ve read a good book
when you turn the last page and feel a
little as if you have lost a friend.” – Paul
Sweeney
“If we encounter a man of rare intellect,
we should ask him what books he
reads.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Anyone who says they have only one
life to live must not know how to read a
book.” – Author Unknown
“Books serve to show a man that those
original thoughts of his aren’t very new
after all.” – Abraham Lincoln
“There are many little ways to enlarge
your child’s world. Love of books is the
best of all.” – Jacqueline Kennedy
Onassis
A book is a device to ignite the
imagination.” – Alan Bennett
“In a good book the best is between
the lines.” – Swedish Proverb
“The books that the world calls
immoral are books that show the world
its own shame.” – Oscar Wilde
“A great book should leave you
with many experiences, and slightly
exhausted at the end. You live several
lives while reading.” – William Styron
“One always has a better book in one’s
mind than one can manage to get onto
paper.” – Michael Cunningham
“I divide all readers into two classes;
those who read to remember and
those who read to forget.” – William
Lyon Phelps
KG students at the Victoria School of
Sharjah caught reading to each other.
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016 is the Year of Reading in
the UAE. In support of this
worthwhile initiative, we are
sharing some of our favourite
quotes on reading, as well as a
snapshot of students at the Victoria
International School of Sharjah who
were ‘caught reading.’
Join us, as we continue to promote
education in the United Arab Emirates
and the Middle East. Send us photos
and the title some of your favourite
books to read; the name of the
author(s) and an important message
that you wish to share about that book.
Email [email protected]. We’ll be
happy to share it with our readers!
“There are worse crimes than burning
books. One of them is not reading
them.” – Joseph Brodsky
“Once you learn to read, you will be
forever free.” – Frederick Douglas
“Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks
in, you cannot expect a genius to look
out.” – J.K. Rowling
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