"Children surviving childhood is my obsessive theme and my life's concern,"

-- Maurice Sendak

#Children Quotes #Childhood Quotes #Theme Quotes

“Virtue, the strength and beauty of the soul, Is the best gift of Heaven: a happiness That even above the smiles and frowns of fate Exalts great Nature's favourites: a wealth That ne'er encumbers, nor can be transferr'd.”
“To receive honestly is the best thanks for a good thing.”
“You can wait forever for the muse to sit on your shoulder, but most of the time you know what has to be done and inspiration is not going to help you.”
“It is inspiring to see bands still trying to do significant and new things in the realm of sound. Most people in any category are more or less filling out the forms they've been handed. But there are always exceptional gems.”

Source : "The Only Late is Never". Interview with Marc Masters, Grayson Currin, pitchfork.com. November 12, 2010.
“Before puberty the child's personality has not yet formed and it is easier to guide its life and make it acquire specific habits of order, discipline, and work...”

Source : Antonio Gramsci (2011). “Letters from Prison”, p.348, Columbia University Press
“I'm not really part of any group or clique or gang because that's always been my nature.”
“People never fail to amaze me. They face the unimaginable with a shot of grace and a rush of adrenaline; they steel their nerves; they summon their cool or anger or faith or whatever it takes to pull them through, and they go on to live another day.”
“There are some particular moral truths that I believe we have access to (such as the one not to inflict pain on a sentient being for no reason).”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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