"You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late."

We used the following prompt with students and it generated some great discussion and meaningful connections:

Here is what we can only infer author Donna Gephart believes to be a powerful and fitting quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson at the beginning of Lily and Dunkin:

"You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late."

What do you think this quote means? Can think of any examples of when a kindness might come too late? 

by Ms. Guest