Silence was not the absence of sound but was itself a sound that could be loud or soft, soothing or disturbing, complex or simple.
But there are times when a tree can no longer withstand the pain inflicted on it, and the wind will take pity on that tree and topple it over in a mi… - Julius Lester
But there are times when a tree can no longer withstand the pain inflicted on it, and the wind will take pity on that tree and topple it over in a mi…
- Julius Lester
A good teacher is one who helps you become who you feel yourself to be. A good teacher is also one who says something that you won't understand until… - Julius Lester
A good teacher is one who helps you become who you feel yourself to be. A good teacher is also one who says something that you won't understand until…
How can I love you if I don't know what hurts you? - Julius Lester
How can I love you if I don't know what hurts you?
Being a failure at living your own life as best as you can is better than being a success living the life somebody else says you should live. - Julius Lester
Being a failure at living your own life as best as you can is better than being a success living the life somebody else says you should live.
...part of the mind's job was to cast doubt on what the heart knew to be true, and the heart, because it had no words, often lost the argument - Julius Lester
...part of the mind's job was to cast doubt on what the heart knew to be true, and the heart, because it had no words, often lost the argument
The failure of modern living is the failure of the imagination...Literature is the royal road that enables us to enter the realm of the imagination. - Julius Lester
The failure of modern living is the failure of the imagination...Literature is the royal road that enables us to enter the realm of the imagination.
I write because the lives of all of us are stories. If enough of those stories are told, then perhaps we will begin to see that our lives are the sam… - Julius Lester
I write because the lives of all of us are stories. If enough of those stories are told, then perhaps we will begin to see that our lives are the sam…
Faith is not something that one has; faith is something that one practices at the very moment in your life when you really don't believe anything, an… - Julius Lester
Faith is not something that one has; faith is something that one practices at the very moment in your life when you really don't believe anything, an…
Dying ain't important. Everyone does that. What's important is how well you do your living. - Julius Lester
Dying ain't important. Everyone does that. What's important is how well you do your living.
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