Unteachable Quotes

“Don't put your life on hold for someone, or you'll wake up at 42 with an empty house and a terrifying sense of freedom and no energy or innocence left to enjoy it.”
― Leah Raeder, Unteachable

“The unteachable man is sentenced to being taught only by experience. The tragedy is he reaches nothing further than his own pain.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“I touched his hand, carefully. Not too intimate, but not some half-assed there-there pat, either. Would he understand? Usually the thought process for a seventeen-year-old boy went girl touching me>omg>boner.”
― Leah Raeder, Unteachable

“For a long time before I met you, I felt my life was this kind of test. I was in deep, cold water, swimming for shore, and my arms were getting tired,my skin numb. On the shore was everything I thought I wanted: a better job, a house, a family.”

He swallowed, his throat cording with tension. “But I could barely keep my head above water. Eventually I stopped seeing the shore. Only cold dark blue, in all directions. I know it’s cliché, but when I met you, my eyes opened. I looked around, and realized I could stand up whenever I wanted. There was firm ground under my feet.”
― Leah Raeder

“Don't put your life on hold for someone, or you'll wake up at forty-two with an empty house and a terrifying sense of freedom and no energy or innocence left to enjoy it.”
― Leah Reader

“Only ten months until June.”
― Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

“I stroll over to the flaming wastebasket and empty the giant cup of coffee onto the bonfire, which goes out with a sizzle. Silence falls in room 117.

“Good morning,” I announce, surveying the room. “I’m your teacher, Mr. Kermit.”
― Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

“Aldo might be the only one who belongs in SCS-8. But he’s come a long, long way. He passed that science test—and the fact that he did isn’t half as amazing as the fact that he even bothered to try.”
― Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

“I once met a women that was so unbelievably unteachable. I introduced myself saying, "Hello sir, I'm Doreen. He replied asking, who? I responded, exactly!”
― Doreen Haley

“The understanding that some things are worth your life, some people are worth your life, is something we can't teach.”
― Vincent H. O'Neil, The Gathering Elements