"The child is the father of man."

-- William Wordsworth

#Children Quotes #Father Quotes #Men Quotes

“The Universe may be stranger than we can imagine, but it's going to have a tough time outdoing Egan.”

Source : Greg Egan, Matthew Kressel (2017). “Bifrost n° 88: Spécial Greg Egan”, p.226, Le Bélial
“When the seasons change, we experience a sympathetic internal shift. All life-forms open themselves up to receive cosmic redirection from nature during these crucial seasonal transitions, so we are likely to be more vulnerable and unsettled.”
“My position on how to address the Confederate flag is clear. In Florida, we acted, moving the flag from the state grounds to a museum, where it belonged.”
“Different people bring out different aspects of ones personality.”
“When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.”

Source : Patrick Rothfuss (2010). “The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chonicle:”, p.73, Hachette UK
“It is thus, if there is any rule, that we ought to die--neither as victim nor as fanatic, but as the seafarer who can greet with an equal eye the deep that he is entering, and the shore that he must leave.”
“Thinking is the subtlest form of self-polemics, the art of a certain finesse in psychological self-vivisection and self-crucifixion (Hegel of course called the path of self-disillusion the via dolorosa or "highway of despair," in Baillie's fine and florid rendering, like Jesus' route to Golgotha).”
“It's really intimidating to go on the beach in a bikini.”

Source : "Helena Christensen: 'Like Any Woman, I Worry About My Body'". Interview with Emma Sibbles, fashion.telegraph.co.uk. July 13, 2011.

You may also like: