"(An unhappy childhood was not) an unsuitable preparation for my future, in that it demanded a constant wariness, the habit of observation, and the attendance on moods and tempers; the noting of discrepancies between speech and action; a certain reserve of demeanour; and automatic suspicion of sudden favours."

-- Rudyard Kipling

#Childhood Quotes #Preparation Quotes #Unhappy Quotes

“Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous.”

Source : Frank Herbert (2008). “Dune Messiah”, p.26, Penguin
“In what will survive me I am in harmony with my annihilation.”
“Any fear of aging, I think, is simply vanity.”

Source : FaceBook post by Leighton Meester from Jun 28, 2013
“When despair for the world grows in me... I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.”

Source : Wendell Berry (2012). “New Collected Poems”, p.79, Counterpoint Press
“It makes it [work] a lot easier when you like what you do. It's easy when you're working and making money doing it. It's hard when you're not. That's when that gets challenged.”
“I still do not know where the notes will come from when I accept a commission for a new work.”
“i am a limitless series of natural disasters and all of these disasters have been unnaturally repressed.”

Source : Kathy Acker (1996). “Pussy, king of the pirates”
“If you don't parent, then don't cry about who your kid is becoming.”

Source : Source: www.today.com

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