Categoria: Aphorism

Thinking and Writing as an English Teacher – 24th Lesson

‘When I’m reading for you I lay myself bare, offering you a piece of my soul with my bare hands.
My writing is a reflection of what I never had the courage to tell you while looking into your eyes’.

 

Lucia while reading a page of one of her novels, courtesy of Talenti e Territori (2016)

“Quando leggo per te mi metto a nudo, ti offro un pezzo della mia anima a mani nude.
La mia scrittura è il riflesso di ciò che non ho mai avuto il coraggio di dirti guardandoti negli occhi”.

Lucia Guida

Thinking and Writing as an English Teacher – 23rd Lesson

The first impressions we get about a person are the most accurate.

We should

just follow them instead of making reason prevail over instinct.



             Muchacha en la ventana, Salvador Dalì (1925)

Le prime impressioni che riceviamo di una persona sono le più accurate.

Dovremmo semplicemente seguirle invece di far prevalere la ragione

sull’istinto.

L. Guida

Thinking and Writing as an English Teacher – 22nd Lesson

Moving forward together is a rare

art; keeping one step behind is

unique and not for everyone.

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Shot by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965)

Andare avanti insieme è un’arte rara;

mantenersi un passo indietro è

un’arte unica e non per tutti.

L. Guida

Thinking and Writing as an English Teacher – 18th Lesson


Rampant ambition is addictive to those who practise it

 

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ph. credit: flickrdotcom

 

“L’ambizione sfrenata crea dipendenza in coloro che la praticano”

 

 

Thinking and Writing as an English Teacher – 17th Lesson

You cannot write in a dignified manner if you have not fed and are not feeding more than abundantly on good reading

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