"One reason we have children I think is to learn that parts of ourselves we had given up for dead are merely dormant and that the old joys can re emerge fresh and new and in a completely different form."

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Source : Anne Fadiman (2008). “At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays”, p.27, Macmillan

Anne Fadiman

#Children Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Joy Quotes

“Attention is the vital thing and there is no tension in attention. It just happens to be a similar word. It's not concentration or straining. Attention has the openness of a young child not yet dominated by the conceptual mind.”
“There are not enough poems in praise of bed ...”
“Although September 11 was horrible, it didn't threaten the survival of the human race, like nuclear weapons do.”
“Population regulates itself by the funds which are to employ it, and therefore always increases or diminishes with the increase or the diminution of capital. Every reduction of capital is therefore necessarily followed by a less effective demand for corn, by a fall in price, and by a diminished cultivation.”
“I am not against all wars-just whichever is current.”
“That's going to be on my headstone: 'He came. He wrote 'In the Air Tonight.' He... died.'”
“Prison is an important part of life. We can't have violent people running around in the streets. (3 out of 4 federal prisoners are serving time for non-violent crimes.) Most competent and qualified kindergarden teachers can tell you who the 5 kids are in his or her class likely to wind up in prison 15 - 20 years from now.”
“Graffiti writers will never stop. They'll just evolve. It's interesting what ideas people come up with and how it all extends forward.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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