Neil

“Книгата е светата обител на думите, а думите са светата обител на мислите, които по такъв начин могат да бъдат посетени. Човек, ако не чете, тоя човек я кара с петстотин думи, останалата част от езика за него е тера инкогнита, където дори на екскурзия не е ходил...”
― Петя Караколева, Къщата сутрин

“He had, in fact, already begun to sink into that creeping dry rot of pedagogy which is the worst and ultimate pitfall of the profession; giving the same lessons year after year had formed a groove into which the other affairs of his life adjusted themselves with insidious ease. He worked well; he was conscientious; he was a fixture that gave service, satisfaction, confidence, everything except inspiration.”
― James Hilton, Good-Bye, Mr. Chips

“Учителите губят много време, за да открият основни истини.”
― Andrzej Stasiuk, Tales of Galicia

“Look, one day I had gone to a little village. An old grandfather of ninety was busy planting an almond tree. ‘What, grandfather!’ I exclaimed. ‘Planting an almond tree?’ And he, bent as he was, turned around and said: ‘My son, I carry on as if I should never die.’ I replied: ‘And I carry on as if I was going to die any minute.’

Which of us was right, boss?”
― Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek