She had known that they were all bored by him, but it had never occurred to her that he was equally bored by them. He was as ever kind and subdued, but the sad perspicacity which she had learnt in suffering suggested to her that, though he probably never acknowledged it to himself and never…
When he died, I went about like a ragged crow telling strangers, “My father died, my father died.” My indiscretion embarrassed me, but I could not help it. Without my father on his Delhi rooftop, why was I here? Without him there, why should I go back? Without that ache between us, what was I…
I’d love to know how Dad saw me when I was 6. I’d love to know a hundred things. When a parent dies, a filing cabinet full of all the fascinating stuff also ceases to exist. I never imagined how hungry I’d be one day to look inside it. ― David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks This past…
They were talking more distantly than if they were strangers who had just met, for if they had been he would have been interested in her just because of that, and curious, but their common past was a wall of indifference between them. Kitty knew too well that she had done nothing to beget her…
Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high, There’s a land that I hear of once in a lullaby. Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true. Someday I’ll wish upon a star And wake up where the clouds are far Behind me. Where troubles…
I just want to celebrate another day of living. I just want to celebrate another day of life. – Rare Earth, Peter Rivera Ronnie and Jazzy and Kofi and Rudy and Carlos and Everett and Anthony and Anthony and Mark and Mark and Mark and Dan and David and Ray and Jeff and Todd and…
Don’t be scared to connect the dots, Dig for gold in the parking lot. Find love, then give it all away. – Clem Snide (Eef Barzelay), Find Love I confess to a certain odd challenge to reality in my waking moments. There are sometimes things about which I am completely certain. I mean that I have…
Don’t let hurricanes hold you back, Raging rivers or shark attacks. Find love, then give it all away. – Clem Snide (Eef Barzelay), Find Love In an interview with Terry Gross on Fresh Air, David Oyelowo made brilliant commentary on the effects of racism and the world history of slavery on the hearts and minds of…
The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values. – William S. Burroughs In the 1970s and 1980s I recall reading and re-reading sections of a small text on values education. I know that I was incorporating some of its content into my secondary English classes in public schools. I also…
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. – Oscar Wilde Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. It is hard to say if I fight this statement more as a teacher or as a student. Having taught…
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