"It is, I suppose, the common grief of children at having to protect their parents from reality. It is bitter for the young to see what awful innocence adults grow into, that terrible vulnerability that must be sheltered from the rodent mire of childhood."

-- Katherine Dunn

#Children Quotes #Grief Quotes #Reality Quotes

“I dont like Jews. Or colored folk. Or natives, now that you mention it...I bet you like Catholics. Cant stand them either. Nor women, Fabians, Socialists, homosexuals, Asians, or British.”
“I think J.S. Bach's music stands among humankind's greatest accomplishments. For me, Bach's music is not only as good as music gets, but also as good as it gets, period -- as good as existence, reality, life and the world.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The fast-food industry has moved into the grocery store, so you no longer have to go to a fast-food chain to find problematic foods.”
“I believe in the unconscious state of the mind in death.”
“Man, wear your seat belts. That's all I can tell everybody. You never know.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Whoever is unwilling to help himself can be helped by no one.”

Source : Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1951). “The education of man, aphorisms”
“All nature is but art unknown to thee.”
“There is no security in life, only opportunity.”

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