We can wish this to one another all through our lives because the school of life awards its diplomas very late. Parents and teachers, all who help to fashion the man or woman who emerges from the child know this very well: each word, each gesture, requires precision and patience, like the movements of the sculptor's chisel.

Denise Lamarche, C.N.D.
Listening to Marguerite Bourgeoys, Fides, 2000.