Stevanie

“No matter the state of the world, or how dark the shadow that has fallen on our city, I find it curiously comforting to know that if you plant a seed and give it sunlight and water, it will grow.”
― Sarah Jio, All the Flowers in Paris

“Nothing makes you quite so aware of a person’s presence as the loss of it.”
― Kiera Cass, The Crown

“I love books, that’s all.” She could have added: I don’t always like people.”
― Christine Féret-Fleury, The Girl Who Reads on the Métro

“Conditioned by coercive schooling, young people lose their autonomy and natural learning inclinations and are instead trained to be taught. This process, according to Illich, then translates into a lifetime of institutionalized thinking that eradicates personal power.”
― Kerry McDonald, Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom