"All children are born rebels and explorers until they're taught to sit still and obey."

Childhood, Rebellion, Exploration, Freedom, Innocence

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"A child has an ingrained fancy for coal, not for the gross materialistic reason that it builds up fires by which we cook and are warmed, but for the infinitely nobler and more abstract reason that it blacks his fingers."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

Childhood, Innocence, Fire, Nobility, Nature

"Hat's the worst of growing up, and I'm beginning to realize it. The things you wanted so much when you were a child don't seem half so wonderful to you when you get them."

L. M. Montgomery, Canadian Author

Childhood, Growth, Change, Desire

"Not having yet passed through those bitter experiences which enforce upon older years circumspection and coldness, I deprived myself of the pure delight of a fresh, childish instinct for the absurd purpose of trying to resemble grown-up people."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

Childhood, Absurdity, Innocence, Experience

"The great cathedral space which was childhood."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Childhood, Memory, Space, Cathedral

"Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Childhood, Aging, Innocence, Time, Wisdom

"Children can create fun out of nothing and when this great talent is lost you become a boring creature which is called adult!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Childhood, Happiness, Truth, Inspirational, Wisdom

"One day, you will be old enough to start reading fairytales again."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Childhood, Aging, Innocence, Imagination, Renewal

"A boy is of all wild beasts the most difficult to manage."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Childhood, Boys, Youth, Parenting, Behavior

"Only children believe they're capable of everything."

Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Novelist

Childhood, Belief, Capability, Innocence

"The small hopes and plans and pleasures of children should be tenderly respected by grown-up people, and never rudely thwarted or ridiculed."

Louisa May Alcott, American Novelist

Childhood, Respect, Joy, Hope

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"A child has an ingrained fancy for coal, not for the gross materialistic reason that it builds up fires by which we cook and are warmed, but for the infinitely nobler and more abstract reason that it blacks his fingers."

"Hat's the worst of growing up, and I'm beginning to realize it. The things you wanted so much when you were a child don't seem half so wonderful to you when you get them."

"Not having yet passed through those bitter experiences which enforce upon older years circumspection and coldness, I deprived myself of the pure delight of a fresh, childish instinct for the absurd purpose of trying to resemble grown-up people."

"The great cathedral space which was childhood."

"Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again."

"Children can create fun out of nothing and when this great talent is lost you become a boring creature which is called adult!"

"One day, you will be old enough to start reading fairytales again."

"A boy is of all wild beasts the most difficult to manage."

"Only children believe they're capable of everything."

"The small hopes and plans and pleasures of children should be tenderly respected by grown-up people, and never rudely thwarted or ridiculed."

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"A broken mirror is good luck if you want it to be."

"Happiness is what matters, feeling alive-not art or knowledge or money."

"Beware of puny two-legged creatures claiming to be made in the image of God."

"My wants are so simple I don't even know what they are."

"It isn't drugs addicts have to give up. It's misery."

"An avalanche doesn't look back at the damage it causes."

"Beware of that demon called 'Changing The World'."

"Accidents are built into the road."

"Be independent, and do what you will."

"The people who enlighten us are the ones who tell us their secrets."