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"Although he never speaks of how or what or why, I know that his childhood was difficult, that his parents broke his heart. Books and excess poundage are his insulation against pain."
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"I do not remember asking adults about anything, except as a last resort."
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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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"It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things."
Success
"The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits."
Life
"A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards."
Justice
"It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it is easy enough to ruin it by bad laws."
Politics
"Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones."
Success
"Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."
Business
"People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives."
Leadership
"It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things."
Progress
"Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe."
Politics
"The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name."
Integrity
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