"Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event."

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Source : "Fragments of a Poetics of Fire (The Phoenix, a Linguistic Phenomenon)". Book by Gaston Bachelard edited by Suzanne Bachelard, 1988.

Gaston Bachelard

#Life Quotes #Children Quotes #Events Quotes

“It was on the first day of Beltaine, that is called now May Day, the Tuatha de Danaan came, and it was to the north-west of Connacht they landed. But the Firbolgs, the Men of the Bag, that were in Ireland before them, and that had come from the South, saw nothing but a mist, and it lying on the hills.”
“I was a little girl with a pot belly and Afro puffs, hyperactive and overdramatic, and I found the theater and I found my home.”

Source : "Audra McDonald Goes Back Home With New Album". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. May 30, 2013.
“You can teach to a wall, but when you help someone learn, you have to get involved with the whole person.”
“Policy is the people you work with.”

Source : William Gaskill (1988). “A sense of direction”, Amadeus Press
“The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.”
“You have to finish things - that's what you learn from, you learn by finishing things.”

Source : "Neil Gaiman’s Advice to Aspiring Writers" by Maria Popova, www.brainpickings.org. September 11, 2013.
“In golf as in life, it's the follow through that makes the difference.”
“Since I've become more observant of how bikes and cars interact, I've decided that bicyclists have two major safety threats: cars and themselves.”

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