“You boys know what tropism is, it's what makes a plant grow toward the light. Everything aspires to the light. You don't have to chase down a fly to get rid of it - you just darken the room, leave a crack of light in a window, and out he goes. Works every time. We all have that instinct, that aspiration. Science can't dim that. All science can do is turn out the false lights so the true light can get us home.” KnowsHomeLightTurnsGrowsCan DoRoomsBoysWindowPlantInstinctAspirationCracksAspire Author:Tobias Wolff
“You felt it as a depth of ease in certain boys, their innate, affable assurance that they would not have to struggle for a place in the world; that is already reserved for them.” WorldCertainFeltBoysStruggleDepthEaseAssuranceInnateReservedPlaces In The WorldAffable Book:Old School Source: Old School
“Had he learned nothing from all those years of teaching Hawthorne? Through story after story he'd led his boys to consider the folly of obsession with purity - its roots sunk deep in pride, flowering condemnation and violence against others and self.” YearsSelfStoriesBoysViolenceTeachingPrideRootsObsessionPurityFollyCondemnationFloweringHawthorne Book:Old School Source: Old School
