“As you can see, there are quite a number of things taught in school that one has to unlearn or at least correct.”
“Not naive,' Conch shell had corrected him. 'He simply has not been taught to fear the things you fear.”
“You see, I believe that you cannot be taught to 'write.' You can be taught grammar and punctuation, but you cannot be taught to be a writer. That has to come from within.”
“If there's one thing that a study of history has taught us, it is that things can always get worse.”
“Surely life has taught you that a thing can be both beautiful and vile.”
“One thing I learned as a journalist is that there is at least one disgruntled person in every workplace in America -- and at least double that number with a conscience. Hard as they try, they simply can't turn their heads away from an injustice when they see one taking place.”