"Kids believe in Santa; adults believe in childhood."

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Source : Cate Kennedy (2008). “Dark Roots: Stories”, p.18, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Cate Kennedy

#Believe Quotes #Kids Quotes #Childhood Quotes

“[My subjects] look lost because that is how I see life. I think we are all a bit lost, lost in a world we can't understand.”
“Fear sits and smiles and is predatory, immobile and silent and serene; an observer who conserves his energy and is content to wait.”
“I am at my most powerful when I am working with life rather than against it.”

Source : Anita Moorjani (2012). “Dying to be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing”, p.138, Hay House, Inc
“I really loved Kelsey [Grammer]. It wasn't a romantic love, but there was something about him. It's very difficult to see someone you care about having a hard time.”
“The work of volunteers impacts on all our lives, even if we are not aware of it.”
“You must take care to light the matches one at a time. If a powerful emotion should ignite them all at once, they would produce a splendor so dazzling that it would illuminate far beyond what we can normally see; and then a brilliant tunnel would appear before our eyes, revealing the path we forgot the moment we were born, and summoning us to regain the divine origins we had lost. The soul ever longs to return to the place from which it came, leaving the body lifeless.”
“And trust dies from ifs and buts”

Source : Aidan Chambers (2012). “Dying to Know You”, p.126, Random House
“Am I reserved? I think I agree with that. I don't think I'm particularly original. I am quite homey, though. But then I'm also quite transient. I quite like being nomadic.”

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