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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."
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"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."
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"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."
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"The great cathedral space which was childhood."
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"Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again."
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"Children can create fun out of nothing and when this great talent is lost you become a boring creature which is called adult!"
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"One day, you will be old enough to start reading fairytales again."
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"A boy is of all wild beasts the most difficult to manage."
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"Childhood introduces children to the wounds of the world."
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"There are miracles and glory in every child. Our glory lies in empowering them to flourish their glory."
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"I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it."
God

"It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing them all."
Time

"People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress, but actually only some people progress. The rest of the people don't."
Life

"Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise."
Nothing

"In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful."
Nature

"How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names."
Family

"Never be the only one, except, possibly, in your own home."
Home

"The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout."
Man

"I try to teach my heart not to want things it can't have."
Heart

"Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself."
Happiness
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