#tea

Macau has been steady. The shocking, unexpected government is the one in Washington. ↗

— Steve Wynn

#government #shocking #steady #unexpected #washington

I felt old. Again. It had been happening a lot lately. I did not live the life of an old lady, but I could hear it beckoning to me, like a mermaid on a rock." — Michelle Tea, "Paris: A Lie" from the anthology Pills, Thrills, Chills and Heartache ↗

— Clint Catalyst and MIchelle Tea

#anthology #clint-catalyst #editors #experimental #first-person-narrative

They're horrible little creatures. All snot and smelly feet and pestering questions." "Then why did you go into teaching?" "It was either that or sit at home with Mother all day. I picked the lesser of two evils. ↗

— Brian Francis

#mother-in-law #relationships #teaching #home

The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of the mind for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards. ↗

— Anatole France

#teaching #art

True patience is grounded in wisdom & compassion. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#education #mind-body-spirit #teachers #art

The most important attitude that can be formed is that of desire to go on learning. ↗

— John Dewey

#learning #philosophy #teaching #attitude

I have always had the greatest respect for students. There is nothing I hate more than condescension—the attitude that they are inferior to you. I always assume they have good minds. ↗

— Mark Van Doren

#students #teaching #attitude

Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order. It is essentially a worship of the Imperfect, as it is a tender attempt to accomplish something possible in this impossible thing we know as life. ↗

— Kakuzō Okakura

#tea #teaism #beauty

Today, girls,' said Miss Renshaw, 'we shall go out into the beautiful Gardens and think about death. ↗

— Ursula Dubosarsky

#schoolgirls #teachers #beauty

Piers looked up at him. 'You're new. What's your name?' 'Neythen, my lord.' 'Sounds like a terrible illness. No, more like a bowel problem. I'm sorry, Lord Sandys, your son has contracted neythen and won't live a month. No, no, there's nothing I can do. Sandys would have preferred hearing that to syphilis. ↗

— Eloisa James

#hilarious #make-fun-of #teasing #beauty