"It used to be believed that the parent had unlimited claims on the child and rights over him. In a truer view of the matter, we are coming to see that the rights are on the side of the child and the duties on the side of the parent."

-- William Graham Sumner

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“But that is the only thing that slows me down is the system. No one, two or three was big enough to slow me down, only the system. It was the system that slowed me down to make my numbers fall. Not because I am older.”
“If you read my books, especially the Star Trek books and the Quest for Tomorrow books, you'll see in them the core theme of the basic humanistic questions that Star Trek asked.”
“Living virtuously is equal to living in accordance with one's experience of the actual course of nature”
“Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf.”

Source : Patricia MacLachlan (2014). “Sarah, Plain and Tall Complete Collection: Sarah, Plain and Tall; Skylark; Caleb's Story; More Perfect than the Moon; Grandfather's Dance”, p.20, Harper Collins
“I think I became a writer because I used to write letters to my friends, and I used to love writing them. I loved the idea that you can put marks on a page and send it off, and two days later, someone laughs somewhere else in the world.”
“A good time occurs precisely when we lose track of what time it is.”
“Writerâ€™s block is only a failure of the ego.”
“There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism.”

Source : Letter to Boston Commercial Club, 1879.

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