"I never expected, when I had a daughter, that one of my most important jobs would be to protect her childhood from becoming a marketers' land grab."

“What its children become, that will the community become.”

Source : ConcerningWomen "Woman and Marriage" (1926)

“My mother handed me my sister and turned on the television. My sister's fingers wrapped around my earlobes, and she squeezed and made a sort-of laughing sound. Her smile could fill the room. When I held her like that, I felt important, like I wasn't just a brother but something more necessary.”

“Anything that I want, I must also be ok with not having, otherwise it's idolatry.”

“Surely the apple is the noblest of fruits.”

“I left college two months ago because it rewards conformity rather than independence, competition rather than collaboration, regurgitation rather than learning and theory rather than application. Our creativity, innovation and curiosity are schooled out of us.”

Source : "College is a waste of time" by Dale Stephens, www.cnn.com. June 3, 2011.

“I'll be famous one day, but for now I'm stuck in middle school with a bunch of morons." - Greg Heffley,”

Source : "Diary of a Wimpy Kid". Book by Jeff Kinney, April 1, 2007.

“Our lives are rivers, gliding free to that unfathomed, boundless sea, the silent grave!”

“Seriously. Thank you all. In that ring w/all of u watching was THE best place for me for a very long time. Thx for the memories.”