The act of longing for something will always be more intense than the requiting of it.
Some things arrive in their own mysterious hour, on their own terms and not yours, to be seized or relinquished forever.
At times ... one is downright thankful for the self-absorption of other people.
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.
What did a few ripples in the flesh matter when, all too soon, now or later, that flesh would be making its return journey to dust?
The race of children possesses magically sagacious powers.