"I do not believe that a child can be reformed by lock and key and bars, or that fear can ever develop a child's character."

“But I figure you're never too old to learn. That's when you become old, when you stop being fascinated by things, when you stop wanting to learn and explore ...”

“She responds by kissing me harder and longer and deeper. She loves me too. She's just afraid.”

Source : Julie Anne Peters (2009). “Rage: A Love Story”, p.140, Knopf Books for Young Readers

“Ella knows her way around her voice as very few people today. But there are times when she seems to be unaware there are things the human voice just doesn't do. She does them.”

“One of the greatest and also the commonest of faults is for men to believe that, because they never hear their shortcomings spoken of, or read about them in cold print, others can have no knowledge of them. GEORG CHRISTOPH LICHTENBERG, The Reflections of Lichtenberg We are often more agreeable through our faults than our good qualities.”

“Energy flows where attention goes.”

“I feel it my duty to plod on while daylight last.”

“Cats may sense early on that you don't like paw prints on your butter, but they will jump onto any surface in the home as long as no one sees it happen.”

“If I heard a girl crying help I would go to save her; But you hardly ever hear those words. Dear children, you must try to say Something when you are in need. Don't confuse hunger with greed; And don't wait until you are dead.”

Source : Ruth Stone (1991). “Second-hand Coat: Poems New and Selected”