“...The lesson [comic books] taught children- or this child, at any rate- was perhaps the unintentionally radical truth that exceptionality was the greatest and most heroic of values; that those who were unlike the crowd were to be treasured the most lovingly; and that this exceptionality was a treasure so great that it had to be concealed, in ordinary life, beneath what the comic books called a 'secret identity'.” ChildrenBookValuesSecretIdentityTaughtLessonsOrdinaryRateCrowdsTreasureRadicalComicHeroicComic BookConcealedOrdinary LifeTreasuredSecret Identity Author:Salman Rushdie
“The world has so many lessons to teach you. I consider the world, our earth, to be like a school, and our life, the classrooms. Sometimes on our planet life school, the lessons often come dressed up as detours and road blocks and sometimes as full blown crises. And the secret I've learned to getting ahead is being open to the lessons.” WorldSometimesSchoolEarthSecretTeachOur LivesPlanetsLessonsCrisisBlockI've LearnedClassroomOur PlanetDressed UpDetours Author:Oprah Winfrey
“Once in a rare while, you get to read a story of such breathtaking beauty and intelligence that you remember why you love to read. The Anatomy Lesson is just such a novel. In stunning prose, Nina Siegal animates Rembrandt's first masterpiece, spinning a deeply affecting tale of love, loss and redemption as she reveals the secrets of the human soul. It is a gorgeous literary page turner of immense sympathy and elegance, equal in artistic lan to its inspiration. Brava!” FirstsHumansSoulStoriesInspirationRememberLossSecretNovelLessonsEqualPagesTalesRedemptionArtisticProseImmenseMasterpieceGorgeousEleganceHuman SoulSpinningAnatomyStunningBreathtakingLove To ReadTurnerNinaLove Loss Author:Robin Oliveira
“You haven't learned life's lesson very well if you haven't noticed that you can give the tone or colour, or decide the reaction you want of people in advance. It's unbelievable simply. If you want them to take an interest in you, take an interest in them first. If you want to make them nervous, become nervous yourself...It's as simple as that. People will treat you as you treat them. It's no secret. Look about you. You can prove it with the next person you meet.” PeopleIfsWantGivingFirstsWellsLooksPersonsNextInterestSimpleSecretHavensLessonsProveTreatsReactionsNervousToneColourUnbelievableProve It Author:Winston Churchill