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“A human being needs only a small plot of ground on which to be happy, and even less to lie beneath.”
― The Sorrows of Young Werther and Selected Writings
― The Sorrows of Young Werther and Selected Writings
“Students quickly receive the message that they can only be smart when they are not who they are. This, in many ways, is classroom colonialism; and it can only be addressed through a very different approach to teaching and learning.”
― For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education
― For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education
“What you make from a tree should be at least as miraculous as what you cut down.”
― The Overstory
― The Overstory
“But the workingpeople, the common people, they won't allow it.' 'It's the common people who get most fun out of the torture and execution of great men.... If it's not going too far back I'd like to know who it was demanded the execution of our friend Jesus H. Christ.”
― The Big Money
― The Big Money
“We tell people to follow their dreams, but you can only dream of what you can imagine, and, depending on where you come from, your imagination can be quite limited.”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Ask Lionel Shriver - Monday, June 24th!
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