“One teaches out of love: it's an impertinence, an imposition, in the end it's terrifying.”
Source: Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke
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Famous Theodore Roethke Quotes
“Teaching: one of the few professions that permit love.”
Source: Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke
“We're not going to split the heart of reality: not until the third semester.”
Source: Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke
“What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.”
Source: On Poetry and Craft: Selected Prose
Source: Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke, 1943-63
“The damage of teaching: the constant contact with the undeveloped.”
“Teach as an old fishing guide takes out a beginner.”
Source: On Poetry and Craft: Selected Prose
Source: On Poetry and Craft: Selected Prose