Paul asks how I would have handled a love letter from a student. I don't know - by talking, maybe, by listening. I don't know. How sad that we don't hear each other - any of us. Major issues are submerged by minor ones; catastrophes by absurdities. (Bel Kaufman)

Paul asks how I would have handled a love letter from a student. I don't know - by talking, maybe, by listening. I don't know. How sad that we don't hear each other - any of us. Major issues are submerged by minor ones; catastrophes by absurdities.

Bel Kaufman

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