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“My only defense is the acquisition of vocabulary.”
“The attention was flattering. For the first five minutes. Now I know how poems feel.”
“It has always been my custom to treat words with respect. I can recall the time...when I knew words would be my life's work”
“Now is a time for, dare I say it, kindness. I thought being extremely smart would take care of it. But I see I have been found out.”
“Classroom teaching withholds nothing. I say to my young students every year, I know how to add two numbers, but Im not going to tell you. And they laugh and shout, No! Thats so absurd, so unthinkab...”
“, but as I am a scholar I feel obliged to document what it is like here, most of the time, between the dramatic climaxes. In truth it is like this: You cannot imagine how time can be so still. It h...”
“Classroom teaching withholds nothing. I say to my young students every year, “I know how to add two numbers, but I’m not going to tell you.” And they laugh and shout, “No!” That’s so absurd, so unt...”
“……, but as I am a scholar I feel obliged to document what it is like here, most of the time, between the dramatic climaxes. In truth it is like this: You cannot imagine how time can be so still. It...”
