Quotes by Gail Godwin

“There are two kinds of people. One kind, you can just tell by looking at them at what point they congealed into their final selves. It might be a very nice self, but you know you can expect no more...”

“Squashed behind The Cloud of Unknowing we discovered a pocket-size spiral notebook with a day-by-day account of the time Justin had stayed with her and her husband after Tommys death. The writing w...”

“Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.”

“Good teaching is l/4th preparation and 3/4ths theatre.”

“One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are.”

“I believe that dreams transport us through the underside of our days and that if we wish to become acquainted with the dark side of what we are the signposts are there waiting for us to translat...”

“The best antidote I have found is to yearn for something. As long as you yearn you can't congeal: there is a forward motion to yearning.”

“Dreams say what they mean, but they don't say it in daytime language.”

“I believe that dreams transport us through the underside of our days and that if we wish to become acquainted with the dark side of what we are the signposts are there waiting for us to translate t...”

“The best antidote I have found is to yearn for something. As long as you yearn you can't congeal: there is a forward motion to yearning.”