“I prefer you to take as your model a mediocre sculpture rather than an excellent painting, for from painted objects we train our hand only to make a likeness, whereas from sculptures we learn to represent both likeness and correct incidence of light.” HandsLightObjectsPaintingModelsTrainExcellentMediocreSculptureIncidence Author:Leon Battista Alberti
“As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy of his preceptor, it is rather to be rejoiced in, than lamented, that various reading should lead him into new trains of thinking.” ThinkingShouldReadingObjectsTrainMereVariousCopiesPupils Book:The Enquirer Source: The Enquirer
“Trains induce such terrible anxiety. They image the possibility of total and irrevocable failure. They are also dirty, rackety, packed with strangers, an object lesson in the foul contingency of life: the talkative fellow-traveller, the possibility of children.” ChildrenPossibilityObjectsTerribleLessonsAnxietyFellowsTrainStrangerDirtyFoulTravellerIrrevocableContingencyTalkative Book:The Black Prince Source: The Black Prince
“I loved him. I hated him. I wanted to kiss him. I wanted to strangle him. I was a walking, talking contradiction. There were days I was so torn by my conflicting emotions that I thought I would be ripped in half. Staring at my best friend and secret object of my undying love, I wondered if I would ever get off this crazy train of emotions swirling around inside me. I didn't like feeling this way. But the truth was I couldn't remember a time I didn't feel this aching need to completely immerse myself in all things Daniel Lowe.” IfsWayNeedsFeelsFeelingsWould BeWantedRememberSecretEmotionHalfTalkingCrazyObjectsWalkingKissingAll ThingsTrainHatedStaringContradictionTornMy Best FriendRippedLowesConflicting EmotionsUndying Love Author:A. Meredith Walters
“What, after all, is the object of education? To train the body in health, vigor and grace, so that it may express the emotions in beauty and the mind with accuracy and strength.” MindMayBodyEmotionGraceObjectsTrainAccuracyVigor Author:Annie Besant
“Were money no object, we could have a dedicated door-opener-and-closer on all trains. But in the real world, train drivers in different countries have a wide range of responsibilities. On rural routes in Scandinavia, for example, you might find the driver selling you the ticket as well as operating the doors, helping disabled passengers, handling parcels and driving the train.” WorldWellsDifferentRealCountryHelpingMightResponsibilityDoorsExampleObjectsTrainWideDrivingSellingRangeDriversReal WorldDedicatedTicketsRoutesDisabledPassengersParcelDifferent CountriesScandinavia Author:Simon Calder