Being sent away to school was no different from my…

What a difficult time that must have been for my mother, only twenty-four years old, grieving for her mother, giving birth to her own…

— Dorothy Bush Koch

I started Athletes vs Cancer as a way to honor my mother, but now giving back has become a part of who I am,…

— Matt Barnes

Light flared through every limb, a force far too great to be contained in any human frame; but for that moment she was the…

— Marion Zimmer Bradley

“Sometimes getting away from school is the best thing can happen to a great mind.”

— Ken Robinson Ph.D

I loved being away from school. I didn't really fancy school that much when I was little; it wasn't until I was in third…

— Geraldine Brooks

My parents were more surprised that I wanted to go away for school than anything. They didn't really understand the benefits.

— Jennine Capó Crucet

The better class of Briton likes to send his children away to school until they're old and intelligent enough to come home again. Then…

— Malcolm Bradbury

A good roommate may be the single most important thing to have when one is away at school.

— Barbara Dana

What we take away from our school and college years is especially personal and rarely transferable to someone standing outside that circle of experience.

— Barkha Dutt

Sometimes getting away from school is the best thing that can happen to a great mind.

— Ken Robinson

“her parents had no way of telling her she was going away to school.”

— Lou Ann Walker

While I'm generally silent on the affairs of my biological mother, her recent tirade has taken a gross turn.

— Frances Bean Cobain

Actually I ran away from school when I was 13. No one could find me, and the police were called. I was just hiding…

— Zhang Ziyi

I used to run away from school to my village. But later, I went to the U.S. for studies and lost touch.

— Randeep Hooda

When buying a new house ... Buy the house far enough away from school so your kids can't come home for lunch.

— Phyllis Diller