“Words are like eggs dropped from great heights; you can no more call them back than ignore the mess they leave when they fall.”

“Words are like eggs dropped from great heights. You could no more call them back then ignore the mess they left when they fell.”

“Words are like eggs dropped from great heights. You can't ever put the pieces back together after they hit home.”

“To instruct calls for energy, and to remain almost silent, but watchful and helpful, while students instruct themselves, calls for even greater energy. To see someone fall (which will teach him not to fall again) when a word from you would keep him on his feet but ignorant of an important danger, is one of the tasks of the teacher that calls for special energy, because holding in is more demanding than crying out. ”

“In Greek tragedy, they fall from great heights. In noir, they fall from the curb.”

“When you lose your face..., it is like dropping your necklace down a well. The only way you can get it back is to fall in after it.”