76 Quotes by Gail Godwin

During all my worrying about how and when and whether we’d ever get together again, I had neglected to imagine we might slip back together as naturally as a dislocated joint slipping back into place, followed by an ardor more straightforward than either of us had been capable of before.

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

The race of children possesses magically sagacious powers.

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

Dreams say what they mean, but they don't say it in daytime language.

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

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

...Some things...arrive in their own mysterious hour, on their own terms and not yours, to be seized or relinquished forever.

Good teaching is one-forth preparation and three-fourths theater