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“Rid yourself of those High School grudges which are still stressing you”

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“It was examinations (in school) that drove my wits away, as all emergencies do. Being expected to measure up was paralysing. It was never that Mother wanted me to beat my classmates in grades, what she wanted was for me to have my answers right. It was unclouded perfection I was up against.”

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Book:On Writing

Source: On Writing

“You did a politics project on a government that got overthrown on the due date? Man, did anybody ever tell you you've got no luck?" "I suspected it," said Raymond ironically.”

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Book:A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag

Source: A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag

“Years later, I remember the waxy taste of the yellow paint, the papery taste of splintered wood, the sharp metallic of the graphite.”

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Book:The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir

Source: The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir

“To get a true education, going to school is not enough. School helps students gain knowledge; however, true education is in gaining wisdom, which can only be earned with experience.”

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“Life is a continuous learning experience.”

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“The mysterious Enoch Root meets 8-year-old Benjamin Franklin, Boston, 1713: "Do I look like a schoolmaster to you?" "No, but you talk like one." "You know something of schoolmasters, do you?" "Yes, sir," the boy says, faltering a bit as he sees the jaws of the trap swinging toward his leg. "Yet here it is the middle of Monday—" "The place was empty 'cause of the Hanging. I didn't want to stay and—" "And what?" "Get more ahead of the others than I was already." "If you are ahead, the correct thing is to get used to it—not to make yourself into an imbecile. Come, you belong in school.”

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Book:Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle

Source: Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle

“That was a good mark in Latin, and I am pleased with your steady improvement in it.”

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Book:Letters to His Children

Source: Letters to His Children

“Interestingly enough, whenever I cite examples from superhero comic books in a lecture, my students never wonder when they will use this information in their "real life". Apparently they all have plans, post-graduation, that involve protecting the City from all threat while wearing spandex. As a law-abiding citizen, this notion fills me with a great sense of security, knowing as I do how many of my scientist colleagues could charitably be termed "mad".”

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Book:The Physics of Superheroes: Spectacular Second Edition

Source: The Physics of Superheroes: Spectacular Second Edition

“As a kid I was deeply curious as to what college life would be like. Now that I am a university professor, I realize that this was a premonition that once I entered college I would never get out, and that my matriculation would turn into some sort of life sentence.”

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Book:The Physics of Superheroes: Spectacular Second Edition

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“Given the opportunity of 'Earth-School' enrollment - some are humble enough to learn and grow, stubborn enough to fail and repeat, and wise enough to graduate and never return.”

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Book:From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence

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