A Life In School Quotes

“Look, I know from the outside it doesn't look so bad... I know I had all the advantages. I know my parents loved me. But that makes it worse, don't you see?... The way it is, all the unhappiness seems to be my responsibility, my fault.”
― Jane Tompkins, A Life In School: What The Teacher Learned

“If the cup is empty, it can be filled.”
― Jane Tompkins, A Life In School: What The Teacher Learned

“I began to listen to myself more... Trusting myself, I discovered, meant giving up control over my decisions. The choice came from me, but not from the part of me that used to decide—the mind that weighed, the mind that projected scenarios, the mind that controlled.”
― Jane Tompkins, A Life In School: What The Teacher Learned

“You want to know what's going on in someone's life? Ask them how they feel first thing in the morning.”
― Jane Tompkins, A Life In School: What The Teacher Learned