#distractions

"In those days a boy on the classical side officially did almost nothing but classics. I think this was wise; the greatest service we can to education today is to teach few subjects. No one has time to do more than a very few things well before he is twenty, and when we force a boy to be a mediocrity in a dozen subjects we destroy his standards, perhaps for life."

"Phones are distracting. The internet is distracting.The way he looked at you? He wasn't distracted. He was consumed."

"My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people."