Jacqui Read > Jacqui's Quotes

“Things get done only if the data we gather can inform and inspire those in a position to make difference.”
― Mike Schmoker, Results: The Key to Continuous School Improvement

“The more you leave out, the more you highlight what you leave in.”
― Henry Green

“Listen, and you will realize that we are made not from cells or from atoms. We are made from stories.”
― Mia Couto

“I have stolen ideas from every book I have ever read.”
― Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass

“God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players [i.e. everybody], to being involved in an obscure and complex variant of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.”
― Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

“Ginny!" said Mr. Weasley, flabbergasted. "Haven't I taught you anything? What have I always told you? Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain?”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets