Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.
Some women have a weakness for shoes... I can go barefoot if necessary. I have a weakness for books.
Books were my pass to personal freedom.
You must feed your mind with reading material, thoughts, and ideas that open you to new possibilities.
When you educate a woman, you set her free. Had I not had books and education in Mississippi, I would have believed that's all there was.
Reading gave me hope.
Books showed me there were possibilities in life, that there were actually people like me living in a world I could not only aspire to but attain. Reading gave me hope. For me, it was the open door.
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