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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-brown/i-have-a-principle-i-often-invoke-in-class-comfortable-people-don-t/)

[Erica Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-brown/)

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## More by Erica Brown

> [If we are indeed created in God's image, then we, too, must create and then we, too, must rest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-brown/if-we-are-indeed-created-in-god-s-image-then-we-too-must-create-and/)

[Erica Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-brown/)

> [In fact, because I am very time conscious and want to make the most of every moment, I make it a practice to remove…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-brown/in-fact-because-i-am-very-time-conscious-and-want-to-make-the-most-of/)

[Erica Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-brown/)

> [For me, study is a divine and daily imperative, and I study a page of Talmud daily so that I am not only teaching.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-brown/for-me-study-is-a-divine-and-daily-imperative-and-i-study-a-page-of/)

[Erica Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-brown/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-brown/for-some-reason-i-write-about-crash-landed-spaceships-quite-a-lot-and/)

[Erica Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-brown/)

> [I love lighting Shabbat candles at the onset of Shabbat. It helps me create a strong and firm demarcation of time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-brown/i-love-lighting-shabbat-candles-at-the-onset-of-shabbat-it-helps-me/)

[Erica Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-brown/)

> [I would advise anyone who is at the start of a rest ritual like the Sabbath, to take it slowly and grow incrementally into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-brown/i-would-advise-anyone-who-is-at-the-start-of-a-rest-ritual-like-the/)

[Erica Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-brown/)

> [I took to religion at about age 12; it was very hard for me to be Sabbath observant as a kid in a home…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-brown/i-took-to-religion-at-about-age-12-it-was-very-hard-for-me-to-be/)

[Erica Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-brown/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-brown/i-don-t-read-or-write-sf-for-cutting-edge-ideas-i-read-and-write-it/)

[Erica Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-brown/)

> [I love space opera, and I believe that every sub-genre has potential no matter how old it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-brown/i-love-space-opera-and-i-believe-that-every-sub-genre-has-potential/)

[Erica Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-brown/)

> [In every life there is a challenge. For every challenge that I take on, if I follow through, I accomplish. When I have accomplished,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-brown/in-every-life-there-is-a-challenge-for-every-challenge-that-i-take-on/)

[Erica Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-brown/)

> [If people are not safe, they will not make themselves vulnerable. If they feel too comfortable, they can become complacent or lose their curiosity.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-brown/if-people-are-not-safe-they-will-not-make-themselves-vulnerable-if/)

[Erica Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-brown/)

> [I love going to synagogue on Friday night and being swept in the melodies. Everyone seems more friendly and unburdened by the week and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-brown/i-love-going-to-synagogue-on-friday-night-and-being-swept-in-the/)

[Erica Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-brown/)

> [Teaching is almost like an act of prayer for me. I feel that I am present at the intersection of people and ideas in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-brown/teaching-is-almost-like-an-act-of-prayer-for-me-i-feel-that-i-am/)

[Erica Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-brown/)

> [That's true of every form of literature - each writer brings new things to it because each of us is an individual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-brown/that-s-true-of-every-form-of-literature-each-writer-brings-new-things/)

[Erica Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-brown/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-brown/i-have-a-principle-i-often-invoke-in-class-comfortable-people-don-t/)

[Erica Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-brown/)

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