Teaching is a calling too. And I've always thought that teachers in their way are holy—angels leading their flocks out of the darkness.

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"If you want to be reminded of the love of the Lord, just watch the sunrise."

- Jeannette Walls

Faith

"One benefit of summer was that each day we had more light to read by."

- Jeannette Walls

Reflection

"One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by."

- Jeannette Walls

Contentment

"Teaching is a calling too. And I’ve always thought that teachers in their way are holy — angels leading their flocks out of the darkness."

- Jeannette Walls

Education

"I could see why Archimedes got all excited. There was nothing finer than the feeling that came rushing through you when it clicked and you suddenly understood something that had puzzled you."

- Jeannette Walls

Joy

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"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return."

- Leonardo DaVinci

Inspiration

"Man must rise above the Earth—to the top of the atmosphere and beyond—for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives."

- Socrates

Inspiration

"The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who, in their grueling travels across trackless lands in prehistoric times, looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space, at full speed, above all obstacles, on the infinite highway of the air."

- Wilbur Wright

Inspiration

"Sometimes, flying feels too God-like to be attained by man. Sometimes, the world from above seems too beautiful, too wonderful, too distant for human eyes to see."

- Charles A. Lindbergh

Inspiration

"I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things."

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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