Literacy Quotes

Illiteracy is the innability of a person to learn. It is not all about the innability to read or write as the middle class regards it.

Literacy is a right, not a privilege.

I have become very aware how under-represented are the stories of the underprivileged and undervalued. Our records are, in general, very male and if not always the material of the rich, certainly (for obvious reasons) the material of the literate.

Literacy is a fundamental life skill, one that serves as a portal to knowledge and a lifetime of opportunity.

We awaken by asking the right questions.

The reality of a serious writer is a reality of many voices, some of them belonging to the writer, some of them belonging to the world of readers at large.

Aberjhani

When a reader enters the pages of a book of poetry, he or she enters a world where dreams transform the past into knowledge made applicable to the present, and where visions shape the present into extraordinary possibilities for the future.

Aberjhani