"Will you explain to me why people encourage delusional behaviour in children, and medicate it in adults?"

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Barbara Kingsolver

#Children Quotes #People Quotes #Adults Quotes

“Three of the greatest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.”
“I regret my disbelief in God.”
“I suppose there were moonless nights and dark ones with but a silver shaving and pale stars in the sky, but I remember them all as flooded with the rich indolence of a full moon.”
“Only recently has part of America challenged the long-held assumption that America is a Christian nation. Most citizens do not recognize just how quickly we have moved in an anti-Christian direction.”
“Hikmah (Wisdom) is knowing when to raise your eyebrow instead of your voice.”

Source : FaceBook post by Boonaa Mohammed from Sep 14, 2014
“If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away. If he doesn't want you, nothing can make him stay.”
“Forgiveness is man's deepest need and highest achievement.”

Source : Horace Bushnell, Henry Barrett Learned (1910). “Spirit in Man: Sermons and Selections”
“From the very start of my career, it was clear to me that achievement was built on discipline.”

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