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“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.”
― Albert Einstein

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”
― Plutarch

“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”
― William Arthur Ward

“Never memorize something that you can look up.”
― Albert Einstein

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”
― Carl Sagan

“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day.

—"Old Man's Advice to Youth: 'Never Lose a Holy Curiosity.'" LIFE Magazine (2 May 1955) p. 64”
― Albert Einstein

“When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature.”
― Ernest Hemingway, Death in the Afternoon

“But, how do you know if an ending is truly good for the characters unless you've traveled with them through every page?”
― Shannon Hale, Midnight in Austenland

“Be sure not to discuss your hero's state of mind. Make it clear from his actions."

(Letter to Alexander Chekhov, May 10, 1886)”
― Anton Chekhov

“If you treat your characters like people, they'll reward you by being fully developed individuals.”
― Don Roff

“Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.”
― Aristotle

“Sometimes it's not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don't mean.”
― Bob Dylan