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Quotes on Reading Comprehension:

Understanding the essence:

"Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting." - Edmund Burke

"A book is a mirror, if you look into it you will see yourself." - Virginia Woolf

"Great books help you understand, and then they help you say what you understand." - John Irving

"The man who does not read good books is no better than the man who can't." - George Bernard Shaw

The active nature of comprehension:

"To read is to actively engage with the text, to question it, to argue with it, to make connections with your own experiences." - Mortimer Adler

"Comprehension is a process, not a product. It's not just about getting the facts right, it's about making meaning." - Dorothy Strickland

"The good reader makes the meaning as he moves through the text." - Louise Rosenblatt

The joys and challenges of comprehension:

"In the company of good books, I find endless entertainment and solace, and always, something to learn." - Harold Bloom

"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body." - Joseph Addison

"There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on earth." - Walt Whitman

"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go." - Dr. Seuss

Quotes on encouraging good comprehension:

"The more you teach a child about the power of good writing, the less likely they are to settle for the written equivalent of junk food." - Judith Viorst

"No two persons ever read the same book." - Edmund Wilson

"A parent reading is a reader planting a seed." - Ezra Pound

"It is not enough to just teach children to read—we must help them become readers." - Dorothy Butler