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"A child is child."
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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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"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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"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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"Those of us who are blamed when old for reading childish books were blamed when children for reading books too old for us."
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"Kids don't have much accumulated and deep memories and that's why they happily live in the present time!"
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"When children are taught to be "good" and keep everyone happy, it teaches them that they have the impossible burden of being responsible for other people's happiness."
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"For her next birthday she'd asked for a telescope. Her mother had been alive then, and had suggested a pony, but her father had laughed and bought her a beautiful telescope, saying: "Of course she should watch the stars! Any girl who cannot identify the constellation of Orion just isn't paying attention!" And when she started asking him complicated questions, he took her along to lectures at the Royal Society, where it turned out that a nine-year-old girl who had blond hair and knew what the precession of the equinoxes was could ask hugely bearded famous scientists anything she liked. Who'd want a pony when you could have the whole universe?"
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"I pray this winter be gentle and kind - a season of rest from the wheel of the mind..."
Spiritual
"The real absurdity is that to love is to suffer, but the reverse isn't always true..."
Love
"A dream isn't a wish - it's an altered state of consciousness ..."
Mindset
"Being with you was so easy and natural - there was no strain - I never had to guard my words..."
Love
"Writers, like priests, should have compassion...and a sensitivity to pain..."
Compassion
"I see myself at crossroads in my life, mapless, lacking bits of knowledge - then, the Moon breaks through, lights up the path before me..."
Life
"When the room goes silent, someone has spoken with authority..."
Power
"When you look at the stars, you should tremble - only dullards have become callous to this frisson ..."
Inspirational
"It begins with isolation - demons always inhabit desolate places..."
Psychology
"We've let go of so many things, but never each other's hand ..."
Love
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