One is taught by experience to put a pre... by Gail Godwin | We Heart Quotes

People Author Novelist Experience Fiction

One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are.

- Gail Godwin

Other quotes by Gail Godwin

Children

The race of children possesses magically sagacious powers.

- Gail Godwin

None of us suddenly becomes something overnight. The preparations have been in the making for lifetime.

- Gail Godwin

Preparation Theatre

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.

- Gail Godwin

Longing Act Will

The act of longing for something will always be more intense than the requiting of it.

- Gail Godwin

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