"Most people put their childhood away as if it was an old hat. They forget it as if it was a phone number that does not apply anymore. They think about their life as if it was a salami which they are eating slice by slice and then they become grown-ups, but what are they now? Only those who grow up and still remain children are real human beings."

-- Erich Kastner

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“The questions people have are sometimes soulful, sometimes zany, sometimes incoherent. I want to make a 'zine with just the questions I get emailed to me.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“It is through hearing stories about wicked stepmothers, lost children, good but misguided kings, wolves that suckle twin boys, youngest sons who receive no inheritance but must make their own way in the world, and eldest sons who waste their inheritance on riotous living and go into exile to live with the swine, that children learn or mislearn both what a child and what a parent is, what the cast of characters may be in the drama into which they have been born and what the ways of the world are.”

Source : Alasdair MacIntyre (2013). “After Virtue”, p.251, A&C Black
“Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me.”
“I am in that glorious position where I can redesign and re-package my own work.”
“Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears.”

Source : Arthur Koestler (1952). “Arrow in the blue: an autobiography”
“If a painting can be forged well enough to fool experts, why is the original so valuable?”
“Todayâ€™s events are tomorrowâ€™s history, yet events seen by the naked eye lack the depth and breadth of human struggles, triumphs and suffering. Writing history is writing the soul of the pastâ€¦ so that the present generation may learn from past mistakes, be inspired by their ancestorâ€™s sacrifices, and take responsibility for the future.”
“I don't play polo anymore because I am too old. But we still have a half a dozen horses - a couple of young horses we are teaching how to play polo and older horses that are real trustworthy when you get them up in the mountains.”

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