"As teenagers, Marcus had been the muscle and Jake the brains. Marcus had beat up the kids who'd made fun of skinny Jake; Jake had convinced teachers not to punish him. Since then, Marcus had grown a brain (kind of) and Jake had developed muscles. But habits die hard."

-- Gena Showalter

#Teacher Quotes #Fun Quotes #Teenager Quotes

“Next to the coming to a good understanding with a new mistress, I love a quarrel with an old one.”

Source : 1676 The Man of Mode or, Sir Fopling Flutter, act 1, sc.1.
“So let's take our time to say what we want. Use what we got before it's all gone.”
“Helvetica was a real step from the 19th century typeface... We were impressed by that because it was more neutral, and neutralism was a word that we loved. It should be neutral. It shouldn't have a meaning in itself. The meaning is in the content of the text and not in the typeface.”
“Through Hamas, Iran has been able to buy itself a seat on the table in talking about the Palestinian issue. And, as a result, through Hamas it does play a role in the issue of the Palestinians, as strange as that should sound.”
“We owe at least this much to future generations, from whom we have borrowed a fragile planet called Earth.”
“You smell good." "It's called a shower. Soap, shampoo, water-" "Naked. I know the drill.”
“The ideal teacher student relationship exists when the student is better than the teacher.”

Source : Kenzaburo Oe (1998). “A Quiet Life”, p.98, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“Nefertiti, the most beautiful calico in the world, chose me as her own six short years ago.”

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