“Moths and butterflies are not the same thing. Moths sneak around in the dark munching your sweater and are ugly. Butterflies hand out with flowers in the daytime and are pretty. Never mind any facts or what silkworm moths are responsible for, or what poisonous butterflies do.”
― All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
― All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
“The teacher must always be on the attack, looking for new ideas, changing worn-out tactics, and never, ever falling into patterns that lead to student ennui.”
― The Water is Wide
― The Water is Wide
“loved every inch of my daughter and worshipped every beat of her heart, but I was not a playful mother. I did not have a lot of fun in me. I fed her, clothed her, taught her to read before her third birthday and took her everywhere I went, but I was too busy and too tired for games.”
― Someone Knows My Name
― Someone Knows My Name
“I am myself disposed to think that this is one of the many cases in which expense is the truest economy.”
― Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
― Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
“I prefer death to dishonor for me and my child.”
― Steel Blood
― Steel Blood
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