"The Normal is the good smile in a childâ€™s eyes - all right. It is also the dead stare in a million adults."

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Source : 'Equus' (1973) act 1, sc. 19

Peter Shaffer

#Children Quotes #Eye Quotes #Normal Quotes

“An attitude will give you heft.”
“I truly believe that we are here to bless and prosper, each other.”
“We have progressed from the stone age and moved on to the age of stone hearted people”
“There are better alternatives, ... Australia should be exporting its solar technology, not its uranium.”
“This is what I want. I want people to take care of me. I want them to force comfort upon me. I want the soft-pillow feeling that I associate with memories of being ill when I was younger, soft pillows and fresh linens and satin-edged blankets and hot chocolate. It's not so much the comfort itself as knowing there's someone who wants to take care of you.”
“Through the window I can see Rooks above the cherry-tree, Sparrows in the violet bed, Bramble-bush and bumble-bee, And old red bracken smoulders still Among boulders on the hill, Far too bright to seem quite dead. But old Death, who can't forget, Waits his time and watches yet, Waits and watches by the door.”
“Little by little deep inside us, the diamond shines, the eyes open, the dawn rises, we become what we already are.”

Source : Bo Lozoff (2001). “It's a Meaningful Life: It Just Takes Practice”, p.128, Penguin
“Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.”

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