Anyone can tell you that how you're raised as a child has a great deal to do with how you behave as an adult and whether you have complexes or whether you need to prove yourself or all that kind of stuff and yet the mother in a traditional family who has raised a child never makes it in the history books.
Rita DoveIt's unfortunate that sometimes in schools, there's this need to have things quantified and graded.
Rita DoveTo practice your scales, so to speak, in order play the symphony, is what you have to do as a young poet.
Rita DoveWe should always do something that makes us feel like a child again. Keep learning, no matter what it is.
Rita Dove