Becky

“It had been so long since we were a family that I had almost forgotten the joy that came with having one. All the small and large moments, many that I had taken for granted while they were occuring, no doubt bolstered by the certainty that there would be many more.
Yet such endearing and memorable engagements in life are promised to no one. They come and go and one has to be aware that there is no assurance they will ever come again. It made me tremble to think what I had lost.”
― David Baldacci, The Finisher

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than a book.”
― Jane Austen, Two Histories of England

“Each time one prematurely teaches a child something he could have discovered himself, that child is kept from inventing it and consequently from understanding it completely.”
― Jean Piaget

“Yes, I think you'll find that all the best teachers are old bats.”
― Richard Peck, The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail