When there is pleasure, there is often abandon, and mistakes are made.

Why do we pursue information that we know will never leave our heads?

Good artists exist in what they make, and consequently are perfectly uninteresting in what they are.

You know, it's been proven that 35 to 40 hours a year with one-on-one attention, a student can get one grade level higher

It was always difficult to get cattle returned once a marriage was dissolved.

He remained, weeks after awakening, in that period of early-morning consciousness that allows easy re-entry to dreaming. His limbs still tingled with the residue of sleep, and most days he wanted badly to allow it to overtake him again.

And what we were trying to offer every day was one-on-one attention. The goal was to have a one-to-one ratio with every one of these students.