379 quotes found
“I don’t think it would have all got me quite so down if just once in a while—just once in a while—there was at least some polite little perfunctory implication that knowledge should lead to wisdom,...”
“I think back to what Landon said about heartbreak, that if you don’t love the person, they can’t break your heart. Hardin repeatedly breaks my heart, even when I don’t think there are any more piec...”
“The habit of looking at life as a social relation — an affair of society — did no good. It cultivated a weakness which needed no cultivation. If it had helped to make men of the world, or give the ...”
“I’d compare college tuition to paying for a personal trainer at an athletic club. We professors play the roles of trainers, giving people access to the equipment (books, labs, our expertise) and af...”
“I mean that they (students) should not play life, or study it merely, while the community supports them at this expensive game, but earnestly live it from beginning to end. How could youths better ...”
“Months are different in college, especially freshman year. Too much happens. Every freshman month equals six regular months—they're like dog months.”
“...Come on let’s see the degree.” Katherine unrolled her scroll displaying a long declaration in Latin affixed with a red seal proclaiming her a Master of Art. “Imagine working for years to obtain ...”
“The way I figure it, everyone gets a miracle.”
“You see, in this country are a number of youths who do not like to work, and the college is an excellent place for them.”
“I had a dream. In the dream someone was critical of my newest novel The Snail's Castle. I said, "don't worry about it. If you don't like it, just throw it out the window." I awoke, grinning, with a...”
“I hate reading poems—school made me hate them. I’d spend hours interpreting one, just to read the memorandum and realize I’d be fucked during exams. I remember making a little asterisk next to ever...”
“For this very short time in your life, and possibly never again, you will be given a very unique gift: a supremely rich environment with ample time, space, safety and people to explore whatever int...”
“I remembered learning from my favorite professor at Belmont to “surround yourself with people who are better than you,” and I was now living that mantra.”
“There are some things you can’t learn at any university, except for one, the University of Life... the only college where everyone is a permanent student.”
“Ever since college, I make friends. They get married. I lose friends.”
“Therapy can’t erase scars, it only makes it easier to live with them. — Duke”
“It’s a matter of when I’ll stop fighting. — Duke”
“At this very moment with my girl in my arms, I feel like there’s nothing I can’t do for her, for us. — Duke”
“At least, for once I was there for her. I didn’t fail her. She wasn’t alone. — Duke”
“There’s only so much a man can survive and as fucking weak as it sounds, I reached my limits when Skye disappeared. —Duke”
