You can't teach in a vacuum. A good teacher relates the material to real life. You understand that, don't you?

When I act tough they listen politely till the spasm passes. They know.

There's nothing sillier in the world than a teacher telling you don't do it after you already did it.

To enter a room is to move from one environment to another and that, for the teenager, can be traumatic. There be dragons, daily horrors from acne to zit.

I am teaching. Storytelling is teaching.

Teaching is bringing the news.

Nobody ever told them they had a right to an opinion.

They said her duck recipe and the Chinese music were so dramatic everything else sounded anemic.

Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing, sooner than war.

Life is a series of moments and moments are always changing, just like thoughts, negative and positive.

Then he looked at Florentino Ariza, his invincible power, his intrepid love, and he was overwhelmed by the belated suspicion that it is life, more than death, that has no limits.

I guess no matter what your family is like, you're not surprised.

Disruptive innovations create jobs, efficiency innovations destroy them.

For all the claims one hears about the liberating impact of the data-net, the truth is that it's wished on most of us a brand-new reason for paranoia.

The way you experience [pain] can change so much depending on your attitude.

Love is the motive, but justice is the instrument.

I don't care what people think about me because I know I am more than all the pain and strife they hold inside.

I appreciate every team that wants me and I take on every challenge.