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“Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. Just that, nothing more.”
― Starship Troopers
― Starship Troopers
“When students write from experience, they can breathe those specifics into their writing- dialect, odd smells, precise names of plants- that can animate even the most tired and tedious text.”
― What a Writer Needs
― What a Writer Needs
“In this moment, there is plenty of time. In this moment, you are precisely as you should be. In this moment, there is infinite possibility. (17)”
― Younger by the Day: 365 Ways to Rejuvenate Your Body and Revitalize Your Spirit
― Younger by the Day: 365 Ways to Rejuvenate Your Body and Revitalize Your Spirit
“The poet dreams of the classroom
I dreamed
I stood up in class
And I said aloud:
Teacher,
Why is algebra important?
Sit down, he said.
Then I dreamed
I stood up
And I said:
Teacher, I’m weary of the turkeys
That we have to draw every fall.
May I draw a fox instead?
Sit down, he said.
Then I dreamed
I stood up once more and said:
Teacher,
My heart is falling asleep
And it wants to wake up.
It needs to be outside.
Sit down, he said.”
― Swan: Poems and Prose Poems
I dreamed
I stood up in class
And I said aloud:
Teacher,
Why is algebra important?
Sit down, he said.
Then I dreamed
I stood up
And I said:
Teacher, I’m weary of the turkeys
That we have to draw every fall.
May I draw a fox instead?
Sit down, he said.
Then I dreamed
I stood up once more and said:
Teacher,
My heart is falling asleep
And it wants to wake up.
It needs to be outside.
Sit down, he said.”
― Swan: Poems and Prose Poems
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