Large Spontaneous Avalanches

Famous quotes containing the words large and/or spontaneous:

    “If the hero is not a person, the emblem
    Of him, even if Xenophon, seems
    To stand taller than a person stands, has
    A wider brow, large and less human
    Eyes and bruted ears: the man-like body
    Of a primitive.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “If learning to read was as easy as learning to talk, as some writers claim, many more children would learn to read on their own. The fact that they do not, despite their being surrounded by print, suggests that learning to read is not a spontaneous or simple skill.”
    —David Elkind (20th century)