Scout Menius

“In America, at least, the so-called ABC method was dominant throughout most of the nineteenth century. Children were taught to sound out the letters of the alphabet individually—hence the name of this method—and to combine them in syllables, first two letters at a time and then three and four, whether the syllables so constructed were meaningful or not. Thus, syllables such as ab, ac, ad, ib, ic were practiced for the sake of mastery of the language. When a child could name all of a determined number of combinations, he was said to know his ABC’s.”
― Charles Van Doren, How to Read a Book: the classic guide to intelligent reading

“If you first take a minute, an hour or a month to let go of feeling annoyed, frustrated or critical of the person or situation that may be driving you crazy, you set yourself up for much greater leadership and personal success.”
― John Kuypers, Who's The Driver Anyway? Making the Shift to a Collaborative Team Culture

“Then Bioy Casares recalled that one of the heresiarchs of Uqbar had stated that mirrors and copulation are abominable, since they both multiply the numbers of man.”
― Jorge Luis Borges, Ficciones

“Two hours before she decided to die, she opened a bottle of wine.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library