"It was disconcerting for the novel to seem so different when I re-read it. Of course we are a different person each time we open a book to read it again; we can never really experience it in the same way, just as we can never step into the same stream twice."

-- Ramona Koval

#Education Quotes #Book Quotes #Learning Quotes

“In my public life, I'm just a guy who enjoys having fun.”
“Knee-deep in the cosmic overwhelm, Iâ€™m stricken by the ricochet wonder of it all: the plain everythingness of everything, in cahoots with the everythingness of everything else.”
“It's all now you see: tomorrow began yesterday and yesterday won't be over until tomorrow.”
“It's a fairly accurate portrait of me at eighteen, minus a few quirks like reckless driving and eating binges. It's accurate but it isn't profound.”
“Cofounders will endure so much together that their relationship is often compared to a marriage.”

Source : "The Advice For Any Woman Who Wants To Found A Startup" by Jessica Livingston, www.businessinsider.com. January 31, 2011.
“It was wrongly assumed that I wished to become some sort of leader among gay activists, whereas in reality I was happier to be a foot soldier.”
“Depth of understanding involves something which is more than merely a matter of deconstructive alertness; it involves a measure of interpretative charity and at least the beginnings of a wide responsiveness.”

Source : Stefan Collini (2012). “What are Universities For?”, p.109, Penguin UK
“It's not just a matter of saying you have to have courage, because you learn courage.”

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