7 Quotes by Stephen Goodwin

My dad was a teacher in Waltham for 35 years, which was why I got into public education. My mom also worked in the public sector, so serving the public good is something my family has done for a long time.

This was my chance to talk to the others and to say something about writing and what I think of as important in the pursuit of writing.

It will be a pleasure to follow in his footsteps.

It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the students to broaden their horizons by attending what is probably the most prestigious university in the world.

So I just live with my insomnia. I do crossword puzzles, or wander out to the music room and fool around on the piano, or read. Those late hours when the world is completely still, when the only sound is the rustle of the air in the vents and the wind visiting the trees outside, when the darkness is tucked tight around the house and you feel as life itself the movements of your own consciousness-these are wonderful hours to read. There is no interruption.

I knew that somehow this loneliness was linked to all my other fears and worries and premonitions and to my sense, that fall, of the terrible fragility of everything around me.

Kat and Will must have been quietly plotting their escape for years, and I’d been so intent on making sure that their homework was done and their desks were tidy and their shoelaces tied that I’d missed all the signs.