"My gut was always that if I taught students poetry, I would give too much of myself to them and have nothing left."

-- Victoria Chang

#Giving Quotes #Too Much Quotes #Taught Quotes

“You may be embarrassed about the way you looked and the wacky clothes you wore when you were young, but normally, at least it's hidden in a box in the attic.”
“The world's worst is when you find yourself going like Mother Hubbard and cupping your hand behind your ear. I was a major glutton for volume: 'Gotta feel it, gotta hear it.' Sooner or later you're going to pay the reaper.”
“So, instead of panicking, I closed my eyes and spent the twenty minutes' drive with Edward. I imagined that I had stayed at the airport to meet Edward. I visualized how I would stand on my toes, the sooner to see his face. How quickly, how gracefully he would move through the crowds of people separating us. And then I would run to close those last few feet between us - reckless as always - and I would be in his marble arms, finally safe.”
“The quickest way to release heaven on earth is to worship. Worship is the main activity of heaven and the destiny of all created things.”

Source : Twitter post from Sep 10, 2012
“Life was a series of greetings and farewells, one was always saying good-bye to something, to someone.”

Source : Daphne Du Maurier (2012). “Myself When Young: The Shaping of a Writer”, p.120, Hachette UK
“I love the United States, but I see here everything is measured by success, by how much money it makes, not the satisfaction to the individual.”
“The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.”
“Unlike any other time in our history, we have to know that staying in school and getting an education is the most important thing you can do.”

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