Thomas Newkirk

“Yet, standardization only leads to sameness, not necessarily quality, and rarely to excellence (p. 9).”

“We can learn to pay attention, concentrate, devote ourselves to authors. We can slow down so we can hear the voice of texts, feel the movement of sentences, experience the pleasure of words--and own passages that speak to us. (p. 41)”

“The more degrees of freedom there are in practice, the wider the discussion and debate can be.”