"What is a child?" he asks her. The diamond gaze does not flinch. "Creatures that are sold on the street by their parents, to get the coin to make more children." She paused. "Adults sell themselves."

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Source : C.S. Friedman (2008). “Feast of Souls: Book One of the Magister Trilogy”, p.28, Penguin

C.S. Friedman

#Children Quotes #Parent Quotes #Adults Quotes

“If you had felt yourself sufficient, it would have been a proof that you were not.”
“John Bond has blackened my name with his insinuations about the private lives of football managers. Both my wives are upset.”

Source : "A history of the year in 100 objects - part four", www.theguardian.com. December 29, 2010.
“Some are like the Moon, good looking, but only when they're away from you.”
“The camera has always been a guide, and it's allowed me to see things and focus on things that maybe an average person wouldn't even notice.”
“I'm very attached to Paris because I have a base there and am also recording there, but New York is home to me when I'm in the U.S., because it's nice to have a bed to go back to.”
“My intellect as well as my instincts lead me to the conclusion that men have a positive yearning to be good.”
“The only way to do it is to do it.”
“Maybe there was no one way to define it. Maybe there were as many shades of love as the blues of the sky,”

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