"A mother! What are we worth really? They all grow up whether you look after them or not. That poor miserable brat of his is growing up, and I certainly licked the hide off her; and she's seen marriage at its worst, and now she's dreaming about 'supermen' and 'great men'. What is the good of doing anything for them?"

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Source : Christina Stead (2016). “The Man Who Loved Children”, p.286, Head of Zeus

Christina Stead

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“Even worthwhile endeavors need evaluation in order to determine if they have become distractions from the best goals.”

Source : FaceBook post by Quentin L Cook from Nov 17, 2014
“My mother, who was professional schoolteacher, was particularly concerned about our formal education and even went so far as to start a private school together with some other parents so that our intellectual needs would be met.”

Source : "Robert B. Laughlin - Biographical". www.nobelprize.org. 1998.
“In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.”
“I considered Nat King Cole to be a friend and, in many ways, a mentor. He always had words of profound advice.”
“It's not an easy thing to be let go.”
“I'm a fast writer, and crime novels are easy to do. It's much harder to write a 1,000 word article, where everything has to be 100 per cent correct.”
“You can't change the bricks, and together, you still have to build a wall.”
“The book of Acts is the best aid in approaching our work. We do not find there anyone consecrating himself as a preacher nor anyone deciding to do the Lord's work by making himself a missionary or a pastor. What we do see is the Holy Spirit Himself appointing and sending men out to do the work.”

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