Carol

“If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.”
― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

“You are fettered," said Scrooge, trembling. "Tell me why?"
"I wear the chain I forged in life," replied the Ghost. "I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it.”
― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

“The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.”
― C.S. Lewis

“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.”
― Helen Keller, The Story of My Life