“The stars had only one task: they taught me how to read.They taught me I had a language in heavenand another language on earth.”
“You taught me language, and my profit on't / Is, I know how to curse”
“My mother taught me that an important word in any language is while. while one thing is happening so is another. While someone is in darkness another is in daylight.While person dies another is born.”
“Life had not taught me to distrust ministers, but it had taught me to trust no one more than dogs.”
“I walked out. I left. Andy Jankowski had taught me how.”
“What had I seen? Too much. What did I know? Only that knowledge carries a damned high price. Miss Wilcox, my teacher, had taught me so much. Why had she never taught me that?”