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

— Victor Hugo · Wisdom quote

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark. — Victor Hugo quote card
Writer · 1802 – 1885

French poet and novelist, author of Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.

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