"Weâ€™ve educated children to think that spontaneity is inappropriate. Children are willing to expose themselves to experiences. We arenâ€™t. Grownups always say they protect their children, but theyâ€™re really protecting themselves. Besides, you canâ€™t protect children. They know everything."

-- Maurice Sendak

#Children Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Spontaneity Quotes

“Government, which does not and did not grant us our rights, must not now seek to deny them by using fear as its justification.”
“The cyborg would not recognize the garden of Eden; it is not made of mud and cannot dream of returning to dust.”

Source : "A Cyborg Manifesto". Essay by Donna J. Haraway, www.theguardian.com. 1984.
“Nothing is more precious than being in the present moment. Fully alive, fully aware.”
“The slow rhythm of the body, the insistent rhythm of the wit, were they becoming irreconcilable in modern civilisation? The sedentary life, frustration and irritability; work with the body, fatigue - and peace of mind.”

Source : Henry Williamson (1963). “The Power of the Dead”
“I've always been an avid reader. If I don't have a book in the car, I'll stop and pick one up just to have something to read. I don't even remember learning to read.”
“Every person is a possibility. The hopeless romantics feel it most acutely, but even for others, the only way to keep going is to see every person as a possibility.”
“You realize just how long youve been away when you get home and start dialing 8 out of habit so you can get access to local calls.”
“Uniformity and Evolution are one.”

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