"The status quo was rote memorization and recitation in classrooms thronged with passive children who were sternly disciplined when they expressed individual needs."

-- David Guterson

#Children Quotes #Memorization Quotes #Needs Quotes

“The task of the artist is to make the human being uncomfortable.”

Source : Sebastian Smee, Lucian Freud (2007). “Lucian Freud”, Taschen America Llc
“Father Time is not always a hard parent and though he tarries for none of his children, often lays his hand lightly upon those who have used him well; making them old men and women inexorably enough, but leaving their hearts and spirits young and in full vigor. With such people the gray head is but the impression of the old fellow's hand in giving them his blessing, and every wrinkle but a notch in the quiet calendar of a well-spent life.”
“I don't like creating software anymore. It's too exact. It's like karate; there's no room for error.”
“My writing has always been what you call 'narrative fiction' in the sense that it's got very strong plots and twists at the end.”
“Philosophy changes day by day.”
“Punishments erode relationships and moral growth.”
“To no form of religion is woman indebted for one impulse of freedom.”
“The Patch I knew didn't run from anyone.”

You may also like:

Annie Proulx
Journalist
Barbara Kingsolver
Novelist
Charles Frazier
Novelist
Ernest Gaines
Author
John Irving
Novelist
Robert Cormier
Author
Sue Monk Kidd
Writer
William Faulkner
Writer
Scott Hicks
Film director