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He did not like the grown-ups who talked down to him, but the ones who went on talking in their usual way, leaving him to leap along in their wake, jumping at meanings, guessing, clutching at known words, and chuckling at complicated jokes as they suddenly dawned. He had the glee of the porpoise then, pouring and leaping through strange seas. ↗

— T.H. White

#maturity #education

Under her high brows, she eyed him straight on and straight across. She had gone to girls' schools, he recalled later. Those girls looked straight at you. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#women #education

Education will only take you so far. To go even further, I’d recommend getting a piggyback ride from a midget half your body weight.
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— Jarod Kintz

#humor #education

I left the fairy tales lying on the floor of the nursery, and I have not found any books so sensible since. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#fairy-tales #imagination #nursery-rhymes #storytelling #education

When you bite into a chocolate truffle, you don't want to find oat bran. ↗

— Laura Kalpakian

#taste #education

Education becomes most rich and alive when it confronts the reality of moral conflict in the world. ↗

— Howard Zinn

#moral-conflict #education

The education of all children, from the moment that they can get along without a mother's care, shall be in state institutions. ↗

— Karl Marx

#education

Stand aside for a while and leave room for learning, observe carefully what children do, and then, if you have understood well, perhaps teaching will be different from before. ↗

— Loris Malaguzzi

#education #teaching #education

Don't castrate, But educate, At least to masturbate! ↗

— Himmilicious

#sex-education #sexual-assault #social-sarcasm #education

You may not remember the time you let me go first. Or the time you dropped back to tell me it wasn't that far to go. Or the time you waited at the crossroads for me to catch up. You may not remember any of those, but I do and this is what I have to say to you: Today, no matter what it takes, we ride home together. ↗

— Brian Andreas

#friendship #together #friendship