"Few occasions are as joyous to small children as funerals, almost better than the big wedding blowouts that take place at night when it's hard to stay awake. A small boy will never be harshly criticized at a funeral; he is more treasured as death comes close and all his wickedness vanishes before the inescapable fact that thank God, he is healthy."

-- Arthur Miller

#Children Quotes #Boys Quotes #Night Quotes

“A poignant paradox is that sometimes the very desire to be a good mother or father will lead the parent to mistake duty for love.”

Source : William Watson Purkey (2000). “What Students Say to Themselves: Internal Dialogue and School Success”, Corwin
“I love doing what I do.”
“Some kinds of nails, such as those used for defending the soles of coarse shoes, called hobnails, require a particular form of the head, which is made by the stroke of a die.”
“He has such a clear vision of exactly what he wanted out of each character, out of each set, out of each wardrobe change, out of each emotional beat, and action.”
“I would not be young again, if you offered me the world. But then I'm prejudiced.' 'You talk,' I said, 'as if you were ninety-nine.' 'For a woman I very nearly am,' she said. 'I'm thirty five.”
“The world is a big place, and there are many paths that lead to success. This applies to both political and economic concepts. For this reason, we see no need to stoically pursue the Chinese, American or French way. But we have socialism in common with China.”
“Maybe a story will cheer you up... Once there was an ugly barnacle. He was so ugly that everyone died. The End.”
“Drifting snowflakes brushed her face as light as loverâ€™s kisses, and melted on her cheeks. At the center of the garden, beside the statue of the weeping woman that lay broken and half-buried on the ground, she turned her face up to the sky and closed her eyes. She could feel the snow on her lashes, taste it on her lips. It was the taste of Winterfell. The taste of innocence. The taste of dreams.”

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