Bryony

“I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.”
― John Steinbeck

“Never hide from adverse criticism. Mockery, indifference, misunderstanding— welcome the lot. Criticism of your work is much the same as criticism of yourself, you know, your work being an extension of yourself, and there's nothing like good slashing personal criticism for begetting humility.”
― Elizabeth Goudge, Pilgrim's Inn

“She was shamed. Women like herself, sheltered, indulged, secure, beloved; and yet they dared to find life hard, they dared to pity themselves because the path they trod was strewn with pink rose-petals when their own choice would have been crimson. She hated herself. Her hatred choked her, and she could not speak.”
― Elizabeth Goudge, Pilgrim's Inn

“Hers was the unconscious tyranny of inexorable great expectations.”
― ELIZABETH GOUDGE, Pilgrim's Inn