"There are no grown-ups. We suspect this when we are younger, but can confirm it only once we are the ones writing books and attending parent-teacher conferences. Everyone is winging it, some just do it more confidently."

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Source : "What You Learn in Your 40s". www.nytimes.com. February 28, 2014.

Pamela Druckerman

#Teacher Quotes #Book Quotes #Writing Quotes

“The whole world is men's bloody fantasies.”

Source : Kathy Acker (1989). “Empire of the Senseless”, p.210, Grove Press
“The slums are not a place of despair. Its inhabitants are all working towards a better life.”
“Everything in this creation is a sign of celebration.”
“How wise are thy commandments, Lord. Each of them applies to somebody I know.”
“In the beginning was the thing. And one thing led to another.”

Source : Tom Robbins (2010). “Half Asleep In Frog Pyjamas”, p.327, Random House
“The fault we admit to is seldom the fault we have, but it has a certain relationship to it, a somewhat similar shape, like that of a sleeve to an arm.”
“I've always considered Christ to be one of the greatest revolutionaries in the history of humanity.”
“I sometimes think that the American story is the one about the reading of the will.”

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