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"It is good for children to find themselves facing the elements of a fairy tale - they are well-equipped to deal with these."
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"Schizoid behavior is a pretty common thing in children. It's accepted, because all we adults have this unspoken agreement that children are lunatics."
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"A child is child."
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"It is good for children to find themselves facing the elements of a fairy tale - they are well-equipped to deal with these."
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"Granny," said Esk, in the exasperated and remarkably adult voice children use to berate their wayward elders. "I don't think you quite understand. I don't want to hit the ground. It's never done anything to me."
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"Leading up to Christmas, there was talk of Santa. But I'd never even heard of Santa. Bunty, one of the workers who I grew to love, tried to explain, 'He brings little angels like you, presents."
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"A child's best friend is often the one telling bedtime stories."
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"The happiness of childhood, the calming of a child's fears and the healthy development of its self-confidence depend directly upon love."
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"Kids. You gotta love them. I adore children. A little salt, a squeeze of lemon--perfect."
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"Play like a child, because you are still that beautiful child."
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"One day, you will be old enough to start reading fairytales again."
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"Chicago happened slowly, like a migraine. First they were driving through countryside, then, imperceptibly, the occasional town became a low suburban sprawl, and the sprawl became the city."
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"I hope that in this year to come, YOU make mistakes. Because if YOU are making mistakes, then YOU are making NEW things, trying NEW things, learning, living, pushing YOURself, changing YOURself, changing YOUR world. YOU're doing things YOU've never done before, n MORE importantly, YOU're doing something."
Growth

"When I was a child, I pestered my elders for stories."
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"There are always people who find their lives have become so unsupportable they believe the best thing they could do would be to hasten their transition to another plane of existence.""They kill themselves, you mean?" said Bod. He was about eight years old, wide-eyed and inquisitive, and he was not stupid."Indeed.""Does it work? Are they happier dead?""Sometimes. Mostly, no. It's like the people who believe they'll be happy if they go and live somewhere else, but who learn it doesn't work that way. Wherever you go, you take yourself with you. If you see what I mean."
Mental Health

"Now me, said Mr. Vandemar."What number am I thinking of? "I beg your pardon? "What number am I thinking of? repeated Mr. Vandemar. "It's between one and a lot, he added, helpfully."
Mystery

"Now there were stars overhead, hanging like frozen spears of light, stabbing the night sky."
Nature

"You have to believe. Otherwise, it will never happen."
Faith

"Of course, everyone's parents are embarrassing. It goes with the territory. The nature of parents is to embarrass merely by existing, just as it is the nature of children of a certain age to cringe with embarrassment, shame, and mortification should their parents so much as speak to them on the street."
Family

"It is good for children to find themselves facing the elements of a fairy tale - they are well-equipped to deal with these."
Childhood

"Do not lose hope - what you seek will be found."
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