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Posted on March 29, 2016May 30, 2017

5 quotes on reading and empathy

Reading is an exercise in empathy - Malorie Blackman

I’m afraid I traumatized the first group of students to whom I told, “There are no new ideas.” Actually, I meant it to be comforting. But here in the US, we are in a committed relationship with the idea of originality, which is perhaps a by-product of having a short history. Continue reading “5 quotes on reading and empathy”

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