Highly educated young people are tutored, taught and monitored in all aspects of their lives, except the most important, which is character building. When it comes to this, most universities leave them alone. – David Brooks
Probably nothing serious or worthwhile can be accomplished without ones willingness to be alone for sustained periods of time, which is not to say that one must live alone, obsessively. – Joyce Carol Oates
In these circumstances I think we must take the bull by the horns… and, making due allowances, quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing. – Clifton Fadiman, c.1955