Quote by J.D. Salinger

“After all, education is a grab for a better future, no matter how impossible the prospect may seem at the time.”

— Terry Hayes

“Maybe it’s time to set aside intellectualism and experience the wonders of things that can’t be explained.”

— Jennifer Ott

“And sometimes I try to stop speculating the future out of existence, and other times I just lean back and run with it because…

— Bryan Lee O'Malley

“i don't think college is something you should tough out.”

— Kevin Roose

“That was what university was: thinking you were going to open yourself up to a universe, and meeting nobody.”

— Amélie Nothomb

“I can't afford to despise anything. An absurdity may be the starting-point of the most dangerous complications.”

— Joseph Conrad

“Carry out your literary dream no matter how unlikely it may seem.”

— Terry a O'Neal

“what he’s really thinking is: why did I waste all those years in academia when I could have been doing great shit like this?”

— Neal Stephenson

“Education is what they equip you with; just in case your dream doesn't workout.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“He comes in entirely as an outsider. He lets his mind wander. He’s not endangering his academic position because he doesn’t have one, and…

— Alexandra Robbins

“Don't let expectations distort reality. You would be wasting a very precious time.”

— Muriel Maufroy

“. . .It turns out that you can blow life off for as long as you want, but you still have to take the finals.”

— Tim Kreider