"Benjamin Franklin refused to have one of his children vaccinated against smallpox. The four-year-old boy died, and Franklin wrote later of how mistaken he was to expose him to the needless risk."

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Source : Source: www.newyorker.com

Michael Specter

#Children Quotes #Boys Quotes #Years Quotes

“Death is not a foe, but an inevitable adventure.”
“I don't know why she picked me, but she did and I'm not letting go.”

Source : Susan Mallery (2011). “Only His”, p.65, Harlequin
“I'm always on duty, so I tend to wear suits. I've got double-breasted and single-breasted, mostly dark blues and grays. I'm obsessed with them, and I always have been.”

Source : "How I Dress now: Charlie Siem". www.esquire.com. March 07, 2013.
“And yet I think of Christopher Reeve who said he would pay two million dollars to be able to feel pain again. What a courageous man! So I have to think that pain is a blessing.”
“Little Lotte thought of everything and nothing. Her hair was as golden as the sun's rays, and her soul as clear and blue as her eyes. She wheedled her mother, was kind to her doll, took great care of her frock and her red shoes and her fiddle, but loved most of all, when she went to sleep, to hear the Angel of Music.”
“Our hands imbibe like roots, so i place them on what is beautiful in this world. And I fold them in prayer, and they draw from the heavens light”
“Eating crappy food isn't a reward -- it's a punishment.”
“You deserve whoever governs you ... Everyone is responsible for the actions of their leaders.”

Source : Greg Bear (2014). “The Venging: Stories”, p.14, Open Road Media

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