Paige mahoney Quotes

“I didn't want to be the archetypal sponging brother-in-law, so I didn't go into acting when I got to the States. I thought, 'No, I'll go to school and then I'll be an English teacher; that'll be fun.' But I was horrible as a teacher. As hard as I tried, I just couldn't inspire those kids to take an interest in Milton and Shakespeare and Donne.”

“It was post war. It was very gray, very dreary. Everything was still rationed when I first saw the United States in 1951. I went over to visit my sister who was a war bride.”

“I've decided that I can also touch the hearts of many - dead people, but the living, too. (Cameryn Mahoney)”

“Charm is an elusive quality. Some have it; no teacher can afford to be without it. Teachers who lack charm must resort to violence.”“How much more dignified to retire from the world rather than wait for the world to tire of you.”“Reform, like gender, is a concept in constant need of reinvention.”

“The heart of their [Walsingham Witnesses] religion seemed to lie in disproving the religion of others.”

“You told me once that freedom was my right.” I held his gaze. “Maybe you should do something with it.”

“His dreamscape sent a tongue of fire across my flowers.”

“I would never see him again. But as I watched the tunnel race before my eyes, I was certain of one thing: I did trust him. Now I had only to trust in myself.”

“The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second class citizen to a second class immortal.”