“I've since come to understand the reason school lasts thirteen years. It takes that long to sufficiently break a child's will. It is not easy to disconnect children's wills, to disconnect them from their own experiences of the world in preparation for the lives of painful employment they will have to endure.” WorldYearsChildrenLongReasonSchoolLastsEasyBreakEndurePainfulEmploymentPreparationThirteen Book:A Language Older Than Words Source: A Language Older Than Words
“The only thing we can depend on in life is that everything changes. The seasons, our partners, what we want and need. We hold hands with out high school friends and swear to never lose touch, and then we do.Change is the only constant. Your ability to navigate and tolerate change and its painful uncomfortableness directly correlates to your happiness and general well-being.” WantNeedsWellsHandsSchoolLife IsLosesAbilityDependsHigh SchoolSeasonsConstantPainfulPartnersWell BeingTolerateSwearThings ChangeNavigateHolding HandsWants And NeedsSchool FriendsHigh School Friends Author:Amy Poehler
“Stuttering is painful. In Sunday school, I'd try to read my lessons, and the children behind me were falling on the floor with laughter.” TryingChildrenSchoolFallBehindsLessonsLaughterPainfulSundaySunday SchoolStuttering Author:James Earl Jones