If people are not safe, they will not make themselves vulnerable. If they feel too comfortable, they can become complacent or lose their curiosity. They can become intellectually lazy about what matters most. — Erica Brown Copy Share Image
I have a principle I often invoke in class: comfortable people don't grow. Good teachers need to engage in the paradox of making students feel comfortable and uncomfortable in equal measure. — Erica Brown Copy Share Image
If we are indeed created in God's image, then we, too, must create and then we, too, must rest. — Erica Brown Copy Share Image
In fact, because I am very time conscious and want to make the most of every moment, I make it a practice to remove… — Erica Brown Copy Share Image
For me, study is a divine and daily imperative, and I study a page of Talmud daily so that I am not only teaching.… — Erica Brown Copy Share Image
For some reason, I write about crash-landed spaceships quite a lot and my wife is sick of hearing of hearing my ideas for new… — Erica Brown Copy Share Image
I love lighting Shabbat candles at the onset of Shabbat. It helps me create a strong and firm demarcation of time. — Erica Brown Copy Share Image
I would advise anyone who is at the start of a rest ritual like the Sabbath, to take it slowly and grow incrementally into… — Erica Brown Copy Share Image
I took to religion at about age 12; it was very hard for me to be Sabbath observant as a kid in a home… — Erica Brown Copy Share Image
I don't read or write SF for cutting edge ideas; I read and write it for the storytelling, and every story is new. So… — Erica Brown Copy Share Image
I love space opera, and I believe that every sub-genre has potential no matter how old it is. — Erica Brown Copy Share Image
In every life there is a challenge. For every challenge that I take on, if I follow through, I accomplish. When I have accomplished,… — Erica Brown Copy Share Image
If people are not safe, they will not make themselves vulnerable. If they feel too comfortable, they can become complacent or lose their curiosity.… — Erica Brown Copy Share Image
I love going to synagogue on Friday night and being swept in the melodies. Everyone seems more friendly and unburdened by the week and… — Erica Brown Copy Share Image
