“We stand now where two roads diverge. But unlike the roads in Robert Frost's familiar poem, they are not equally fair. The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster. The other fork of the road - the one less traveled by - offers our last, our only chance to reach a destination that assures the preservation of the earth.” LongTwoEndsEarthLastsLyingEasyWomenNatureChanceProgressOffersFairsClimate ChangeFeministSpeedDisasterFamiliarEmpoweringDestinationSmoothTraveledPreservationFrostForksSilent SpringFork In The RoadTwo Roads Author:Rachel Carson
“I know every numbskull will babble on about "black man," "maneater," "chance," and "retrospective interpretation," in order to banish something terribly inconvenient that might sully the familiar picture of childhood innocence. Ah, these good, efficient, healthy-minded people, they always remind me of those optimistic tadpoles who bask in a puddle in the sun, in the shallowest of waters, crowding together and amiably wriggling their tails, totally unaware that the next morning the puddle will have dried up and left them stranded.” PeopleKnowsMenMightTogetherOrderNextLeftBlackWaterChanceMorningSunChildhoodHealthyFamiliarOptimisticInnocenceInterpretationEfficientTailsInconvenientMemories Dreams ReflectionsPuddlesStrandedRetrospectiveTadpoles Author:Carl Jung
“death ... so seldom happens nowadays in the awesome quiet of a familiar chamber. Most of us die violently, thanks to the advance of science and warfare. If by chance we are meant to end life in our beds, we are whisked like pox victims to the nearest hospital, where we are kept as alone and unaware as possible of the approach of disintegration.” IfsEndsHappensDiesChanceDyingBedQuietApproachVictimFamiliarThanksHospitalsWarfareChamberDisintegrationPox Author:M. F. K. Fisher
“Sometimes the last thing learners need is for their preferred learning style to be affirmed. Agreeing to let people learn only in a way that feels comfortable and familiar can restrict seriously their chance for development.” PeopleWayNeedsFeelsSometimesLastsChanceLearningStyleDevelopmentComfortableFamiliarLearners Book:Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher Source: Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher
“So on one hand, because the wilderness was familiar to me, it really helped me be brave. But it still was scary sometimes. I had to say to myself: "Chances are, you're not going to be mauled by a bear."” StillsSometimesHandsChanceBearsBraveScaryFamiliarWildernessBe BraveChances Are Author:Cheryl Strayed