To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.

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"A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them."

- Victor Hugo

Love

"Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise."

- Victor Hugo

New Beginnings

"What is love? I have met in the streets a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, the water passed through his shoes and the stars through his soul."

- Victor Hugo

Love

"Intoxications of life's morning! Enchanted years! The wing of a dragonfly trembles! Oh, reader, whoever you may be, do you have such memories?"

- Victor Hugo

Nature

"Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots."

- Victor Hugo

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"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

- Nelson Mandela

Education

"You’ll find that education is just about the only thing lying around loose in this world, and it’s about the only thing a fellow can have as much of as he’s willing to haul away."

- John Graham

Education

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."

- Mark Twain

Education

"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it."

Education

"I must study lots of things or I won’t become a great person."

- Kotomi Ichinose

Education