"Norah looked at her sonâ€™s tiny face, surprised, as always, by his name. he had not grown into it yet, he still wore it like a wrist band, something that might easily slip off and disappear. She had read about people â€“ where? she could not remember this either â€“ who refused to name their children for several weeks, feeling them to be not yet of the earth, suspended still between two worlds."

-- Kim Edwards

#Children Quotes #Father Quotes #Son Quotes

“Radio is a bag of mediocrity where little men with carbon minds wallow in sluice of their own making.”
“The more things we can get kids to do correctly off the court, the more they will do correctly on the court.”
“The greatest danger to an adequate old-age security plan is rising prices. A rise of 2% a year in prices would cut the purchasing power of pensions about 45% in 30 years. The greatest danger of rising prices is from wages rising faster than output per man-hour.... Whether the nation succeeds in providing adequate security for retired workers depends in large measure upon the wage policies of trade unions.”
“I tell Allah I love Him immensely, immensely. But I tell Him I cannot be better, because of how the world is.”

Source : Katherine Boo (2012). “Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity”, p.241, Random House
“Orange? Like Effie's hair?" I say. "A bit more muted," he says. "More like sunset.”
“It's such a foolish thing to argue about names, when what we're doing is all one thing.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“I'm somebody who deserves to be supported and encouraged to continue my work because I have a lot to give.”
“To devastate is easier and more spectacular than to create.”

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