"The children's writer not only makes a satisfactory connection between [the writer's] present maturity and his past childhood, he also does the same for his child-characters in reverse - makes the connection between their present childhood and their future maturity. That their maturity is never visibly achieved makes no difference; the promise of it is there."

-- Philippa Pearce

#Children Quotes #Character Quotes #Past Quotes

“By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.”
“If you go back to the Greeks and Romans, they talk about all three - wine, food, and art - as a way of enhancing life.”
“It's easy to shortcut when you get busy explaining the why's of the world, but it's very important to try.”
“The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public.”
“Doctors can predict these things [tumors] just as long as they get access to people.”

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“As a single mom, I'm juggling a lot and working long hours. Yes, it costs them a little, but what my children get in return is a mother who is energized and content.”
“Your first instinct when you see a man on the ground is to go down on him.”
“..avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to discharge the debts, which unavoidable wars may have occasioned, not ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burthen, which we ourselves ought to bear.”

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