"Being a typical teenager isn't easy. When you have autism, it can be extra difficult. We need more public awareness about these hurdles as well as compassion towards these young people."

-- Holly Robinson Peete

#Teenager Quotes #Compassion Quotes #Autism Quotes

“As we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that is where and what we are.”

Source : Peg Bracken (1996). “On Getting Old for the First Time”, Bookpartners
“She remembered the godswood, drooping branches heavy with moisture, and the sound of her brotherâ€™s laughter as he chased her through piles of damp leaves.”
“The first sound after a silence should always be your very best.”
“Materialism is incomplete even as a theory of the physical world, since the physical world includes conscious organisms among its most striking occupants.”

Source : Thomas Nagel (2012). “Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False”, p.39, Oxford University Press
“Begin with duties of a man and rights will follow as spring follows winter”
“A writer should always bravely face life, risking death and mutilation in order to dethrone an emperor.”

Source : Mo Yan (2013). “The Republic of Wine: A Novel”, p.157, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
“I own a hundred and fifty books, but I have no bookcase. Nobody will lend me a bookcase.”
“Fishing provides that connection with the whole living world. It gives you the opportunity of being totally immersed, turning back into yourself in a good way. A form of meditation, some form of communion with levels of yourself that are deeper than the ordinary self.”

Source : "Poet, pike and a pitiful grouse". Interview with Thomas Pero, www.theguardian.com. January 7, 1999.

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