A important quote from the book Educated by Tara West over is when Tara West over says “you can love someone and still chose to say goodbye to them” she says this when she is leaving her family to go to collage. this is important to the story because she is talking about her family and that she still loves them even though she chose to leave them behind to go to collage. this quote relates to any kid going to collage because normally when kids go to collage they still love their parents but they have to leave them to move on with their life. another quote that fits into this is “you can miss a person every day, and still be glad they are no longer in your life.” said by Tara west over this is said awhile after she left her family and it is important because it shows that she that she misses her father every day but is glad that he is not in her life because he would never approve of what she has done with her life. these quotes connect to every ones life because everyone leaves their family at some point to go to collage or make a life of their own and even though the love their family they still leave them so that they can live their life on their own and the second quote connects to every ones life because everyone has a family member that they love but do not want in your life because they are they are not a very supportive person or because they are not good to be around. this help s people to to know when someone is not good for you and that you need to get them out of your life before they cause it more damage then they already have.