"Personally, I think it's a good way to let a child start right in with the laws of Nature before he's old enough to be surprised at them."

-- Phyllis Bottome

#Children Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Law Quotes

“To speak from a particular place and time is not provincialism but part of a writer's identity.”

Source : "My California: Journeys by Great Writers". Book edited by Donna Wares, 1999.
“He's the Italian version of my father. I don't know if he's Italian or not.”
“A fighter should not think only of his shete, just because he has a shete in his hand. Everything is a weapon in the warrior's mind.”

Source : S. M. Stirling (2008). “The Sunrise Lands: A Novel of the Change”, p.166, Penguin
“Boswell: But, Sir is it not somewhat singular that you should happen to have Cocker's Arithmetic about you on your journey? Dr. Johnson: Why, Sir if you are to have but one book with you upon a journey, let it be a book of science. When you read through a book of entertainment, you know it, and it can do no more for you; but a book of science is inexhaustible.”
“If you are in passionate love and want to celebrate your passion, read poetry. If your ardor has calmed and you want to understand your evolving relationship, read psychology. But if you have just ended a relationship and would like to believe you are better off without love, read philosophy.”
“Stop doing what you're able to do and figure out what you were made to do - then do lots of that.”
“Madness is tonic and invigorating. It makes the sane more sane. The only ones who are unable to profit by it are the insane.”
“Probably the biggest thing that surprises people is that I am obsessed with hockey. I grew up in the Boston area so I am obsessed with hockey since I was a little kid.”

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