“Congress and state legislatures should not tell teachers how to teach, any more than they should tell surgeons how to perform operations.”
“I left a pause. ‘You sound like a certain kind of surgeon. A lot more interested in the operation than the patient.’ ‘I should not like to be in the hands of a surgeon who did not take that view.”
“That's what they should teach us here. How girls' brains work… It would be more useful than divination, anyway…”
“Stories tell us how we should live.”
“Be open to suggestions, but don't let anyone dictate how you should tell your story. Who can possibly tell your story better than you?”
“Telling someone about what a symbol means is like telling someone how music should make them feel.”