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“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.”
― Joseph Brodsky

“The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.”
― Thomas Jefferson

“The worst illiterate is the political illiterate, he doesn’t hear, doesn’t speak, nor participates in the political events. He doesn’t know the cost of life, the price of the bean, of the fish, of the flour, of the rent, of the shoes and of the medicine, all depends on political decisions. The political illiterate is so stupid that he is proud and swells his chest saying that he hates politics. The imbecile doesn’t know that, from his political ignorance is born the prostitute, the abandoned child, and the worst thieves of all, the bad politician, corrupted and flunky of the national and multinational companies.”
― Bertolt Brecht

“To the uneducated an A is just three sticks.”
― A.A. Milne, The World of Winnie-the-Pooh

“Beware the man of a single book.”
― St. Thomas Aquinas

“The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn't know how to read.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“Children deprived of words become school dropouts; dropouts deprived of hope behave delinquently. Amateur censors blame delinquency on reading immoral books and magazines, when in fact, the inability to read anything is the basic trouble.”
― Peter S. Jennison

“School made us 'literate' but did not teach us to read for pleasure.”
― Ambeth Ocampo

“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.”
― Joseph Brodsky

“This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“Through their intellectual disability or mental illiteracy, some cannot free themselves from the imprisonment of irrevocable idiocy and feel condemned to find gratifying compensation by extracting the vilest qualities from the deep quarters of their dark self. ("Ugly mug offense")”
― Erik Pevernagie

“As centuries of dictators have known, an illiterate crowd is the easiest to rule; since the craft of reading cannot be untaught once it has been acquired, the second-best recourse is to limit its scope.”
― Alberto Manguel, A History of Reading

“You really do own your illiteracy, don’t you?�� “Yeah, I’m thinking about moving to America and running for public office.”
― Alexis Hall, Boyfriend Material

“I blinked at her, suddenly loathing her to the depths of my soul. Not only was she probably rather evil, and definitely thoroughly unpleasant, but she also didn't read.”
― Nicole Peeler

“I want to read
so I can read the Koran
read the signs in the street
know the number of the bus
I'm supposed to take
when I one day leave this house.”
― Eve Ensler, I Am an Emotional Creature

“Illiteracy does not impede the practice of democracy, as witnessed by the success of democracy in India despite the high illiteracy rate. One doesn't need a university diploma to realize that the ruler is oppressive and corrupt. On the other hand, to eradicate illiteracy requires that we elect a fair and efficient political regime.”
― Alaa Al Aswany, شيكاجو

“First, however, I must deal with the matter of Jesus, the so-called savior, who not long ago taught new doctrines and was thought to be a son of God. This savior, I shall attempt to show, deceived many and caused them to accept a form of belief harmful to the well-being of mankind. Taking its root in the lower classes, the religion continues to spread among the vulgar: nay, one can even say it spreads because of its vulgarity and the illiteracy of its adherents. And while there are a few moderate, reasonable, and intelligent people who interpret its beliefs allegorically, yet it thrives in its purer form among the ignorant.”
― Celsus, On the True Doctrine: A Discourse Against the Christians

“Ignorance is a knowledge illiteracy.”
― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

“Illiteracy is the number one promoter of ignorance.”
― Sunday Adelaja, The Mountain of Ignorance

“70 out of 100 people in the world cannot read... if you can read then you are the luckiest out of 2 million people in the world that cannot.”
― Call Bain

“Illiteracy is dependence. By finding the courage to learn to read and write, Hanna had advanced from dependence to independence, a step towards liberation.
الأمية هي التبعية ، وبعثورها على الشجاعة لتعلم القراءة والكتابة ،تقدمًت "هانا" من التبعية إلى الاستقلال ، وهي خطوة ناحية التحرر.”
― Bernhard Schlink

“جہالت خُدا سے دوری کا ایک بڑا سبب ہے”
― M.H. Rakib, The Cavalier

“You're a pig.'

'Oh, most definitely. But look at you- you read that whole sentence, licked me out of your mind, and shielded. Excellent work.'

'Don't condescend to me.'

'I'm not. You're reading at a level much higher than I anticipated.'

The burning returned to my cheeks. 'But mostly illiterate.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“I know my alphabet,' I said sharply as he laid a piece of paper in front of me. 'I'm not that stupid.' I twisted my fingers in my lap, then pinned my restless hands under my thighs.

'I didn't say you were stupid,' he said. 'I'm just trying to determine where we should begin.' I leaned back in the cushioned seat. 'Since you've refused to tell me a thing about how much you know.'

My face warmed. 'Can't you hire a tutor?'

He lifted a brow. 'Is it that hard for you to even try in front of me?'

'You're a High Lord- don't you have better things to do?'

'Of course. But none as enjoyable as seeing you squirm.'

'You're a real bastard, you know that?'

Rhys huffed a laugh. 'I've been called worse. In fact, I think you've called me worse.' He tapped the paper in front of him. 'Read that.'

A blur of letters. My throat tightened. 'I can't.'

'Try.'

The sentence had been written in elegant, concise print. His writing, no doubt. I tried to open my mouth, but my spine locked. 'What exactly, is your stake in all this? You said you'd tell me if I worked with you.'

'I didn't specify when I'd tell you.' I peeled back from him as my lip curled. He shrugged. 'Maybe I resent the idea of you letting those sycophants and war-mongering fools in the Spring Court make you feel inadequate. Maybe I indeed enjoy seeing you squirm. Or maybe-'

'I get it.'

He snorted. 'Try to read it, Feyre.'

Prick. I snatched the paper to me, nearly ripping it in half in the process. I looked at the first word, sounding it out in my head. 'Y-you...' The next I figured out with a combination of my silent pronunciation and logic. 'Look...'

'Good,' he murmured.

'I didn't ask for your approval.'

Rhys chuckled.

'Ab... absolutely.' It took me longer than I wanted to admit to figure that out. The next word was even worse. 'De... Del...'

I deigned to glance at him, brows raised.

'Delicious,' he purred.

My brows knotted. I read the next two words, then whipped my face toward him. 'You look absolutely delicious today, Feyre?! That's what you wrote?'

He leaned back in his seat. As our eyes met, sharp claws caressed my mind and his voice whispered inside my head. It's true, isn't it?

I jolted back, my chair groaning. 'Stop that!'

But those claws now dug in- and my entire body, my heart, my lungs, my blood yielded to his grip, utterly at his command as he said, The fashion of the Night Court suits you.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“Nesta scanned the shelves while we walked, and I read the titles- a bit more slowly, still needing a little time to process what was instinct for my sister.

'I didn't know you couldn't really read,' Nesta said as she paused before a nondescript section, noticing the way I silently sounded out the words of a title. 'I didn't know where you were in your lessons- when it all happened. I assumed you could read as easily as us.'

'Well, I couldn't.'

'Why didn't you ask us to teach you?'

I trailed a finger over the neat row of spines. 'Because I doubted you would agree to help.'

Nesta stiffened like I'd hit her, coldness blooming in those eyes. She tugged a book from a shelf. 'Amren said Rhysand taught you to read.'

My cheeks heated. 'He did.' And there, deep beneath the world, with only darkness for company, I asked, 'Why do you push everyone away but Elain?' Why have you always pushed me away?

Some emotion guttered in her eyes. Her throat bobbed. Nesta shut her eyes for a moment, breathing in sharply. 'Because-'

The words stopped.

I felt it at the same moment she did.

The ripple and tremor. Like... like some piece of the world shifted, like some off-kilter chord had been plucked.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin

“Nepal is confronted with many societal issues, including the caste system, child labor, illiteracy, gender inequality, superstitions, religious disputes, and a slew of other issues.”
― Santosh Kalwar, Why Nepal Fails

“Who would have thought that the self-righteous human girl couldn't read?'

'Keep your damned mouth shut about it.'

'Me? I wouldn't dream of telling anyone. Why waste that kind of knowledge on petty gossip?'

If I'd had the strength, I would have leaped on him and ripped him apart. 'You're a disgusting bastard.'

'I'll have to ask Tamlin if that kind of flattery won his heart.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“You're going to be a High Lord's wide,' Rhys said. 'You'll be expected to maintain your own correspondences, perhaps even give a speech or two. And the Cauldron knows what else he and Ianthe will deem appropriate for you. Make menus for dinner parties, write thank-you letters for all those wedding gifts, embroider sweet phrases on pillows... It's a necessary skill. And, you know what? Why don't we throw in shielding while we're at it. Reading and shielding- fortunately, you can practice both together.'

'They are both necessary skills,' I said through my teeth, 'but you are not going to teach me.'

'What else are you going to do with yourself? Paint? How's that going these days, Feyre?”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“You're a pig.'

'Oh, most definitely. But look at you- you read that whole sentence, kicked me out of your mind, and shielded. Excellent work.'

'Don't condescend to me.'

'I'm not. You're reading at a level much higher than I anticipated.'

The burning returned to my cheeks. 'But mostly illiterate.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“You're going to be a High Lord's wife,' Rhys said. 'You'll be expected to maintain your own correspondences, perhaps even give a speech or two. And the Cauldron knows what else he and Ianthe will deem appropriate for you. Make menus for dinner parties, write thank-you letters for all those wedding gifts, embroider sweet phrases on pillows... It's a necessary skill. And, you know what? Why don't we throw in shielding while we're at it. Reading and shielding- fortunately, you can practice both together.'

'They are both necessary skills,' I said through my teeth, 'but you are not going to teach me.'

'What else are you going to do with yourself? Paint? How's that going these days, Feyre?”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury