Republic of Noise Quotes

“But work is by no means all that we do or all that matters. There should also be room for frolic and whimsy and nothing at all. There should be room, in all of this, for an ice cream cone.”
― Diana Senechal, Republic of Noise: The Loss Of Solitude in Schools and Culture

“What does a person receive in return for fitting in? Not love, not excellence, not prosperity, not even fitting in—as the fit is false, like boots that look stylish but crunch the toes.”
― Diana Senechal, Republic of Noise: The Loss Of Solitude in Schools and Culture

“Literature furls and unfurls itself; it mixes with the world and draws away. So, too, with its creators.”
― Diana Senechal, Republic of Noise: The Loss Of Solitude in Schools and Culture

“There's the paradox: each of us has to find solitude alone, yet we find it through others' shapes. We learn from our guides, but at some point we part ways with them. The greatest honor any of us can show a teacher is to take off and set up shop on our own, even with gratitude, even with regret, even with a tremor, even with doubts over our tools and hands.”
― Diana Senechal, Republic of Noise: The Loss Of Solitude in Schools and Culture