“He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
18th June 2013
“And it occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race, so profound as the difference between the sick and the well.”
~ Nick Carraway
Notes: 11
“So often I find that the very moments that I think are parenting failures are actually parenting success.” ~ Penelope Trunk
“You can’t train an aviator in a submarine.” ~ Hans Mattick
“It is invariably saddening to look through new eyes at things upon which you have expended your own powers of adjustment.” ~ Nick Carraway
“I’m a better human when I’m selfish.” ~ Michael Schechter
“Life is much more successfully looked at from a single window.” ~ Nick Carraway
“The real secret to successful change, therefore, is not to change people at all.” ~ Daniel Markovitz
“Real learning requires both being OK with our own initial ineptness and faith in our ability to get through it.” ~ Erika Andersen
“And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties, there isn’t any privacy.” ~ Jordan Baker
