“Education becomes most rich and alive when it confronts the reality of moral conflict in the world.”
“Don't forget that most men with nothing would rather protect the possibility of becoming rich than face the reality of being poor.”
“But I also knew that the human condition leads us to feel alive when confronted with things that we have never imagined, and even more alive when confronted with things we cannot have.”
“It is when we are confronted with...poignant reminders of mortality that we become most aware of the strangeness and wonder of our brief life on Earth.”
“Dreams have a hard time surviving when confronted with reality.”
“When people say that this kind of fantasy fiction is escapist and evading the real world, well I think that’s an evasion. It’s actually trying to confront something that most people would rather not confront.”