Extra Wide Gathers

Famous quotes containing the words extra, wide and/or gathers:

“When we leave our child in nursery school for the first time, it won’t be just our child’s feelings about separation that we will have to cope with, but our own feelings as well—from our present and from our past, parents are extra vulnerable to new tremors from old earthquakes.”
—Fred Rogers (20th century)

“But the way is wide over stubble and sands,
Wider and not too wide, as a dish in space
Is excellent, conforming to demands
Not yet formulated.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)

“When we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service. We put him in touch with his inner reality. And once he’s clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.”
—Adele Faber (20th century)