"Children seldom have a proper sense of their own tragedy, discounting and keeping hidden the true horrors of their short lives, humbly imagining real calamity to be some prestigious drama of the grown-up world."

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Source : Shirley Hazzard (2003). “The Bay of Noon: A Novel”, p.13, Macmillan

Shirley Hazzard

#Inspirational Quotes #Children Quotes #Real Quotes

“There is no right or wrong behavior. The only meaningful choice is between fear and love.”
“It's not my duty as an architect to look at it”
“Free will is the sensation of making a choice. The sensation is real, but the choice seems illusory. Laws of physics determine the future.”
“The thing about mountains is that you have to keep on climbing them, and that it's always hard, but there's a view from top every time when you finally get there.”

Source : Nancy Garden (2017). “Annie on My Mind”, p.36, Open Road Media
“Do not categorize about music. You take each musician at the time and open yourself to that musician.”

Source : Source: www.rutherford.org
“You have to live with the people in hypocrisy for them to stay happy with you.”
“She did not so much cook as assassinate food.”
“You put two egos together and you've either got a conflict, which is always interesting, or better yet, a love affair.”

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