"whereas in childhood ... it was the parents' judgement that mattered to the child, later on the situation becomes reversed: it is then that the opinions of one's grown-up children become what matters, as well as their kindness."

-- Iris Origo

#Children Quotes #Kindness Quotes #What Matters Quotes

“Have you an unexpurgated copy of Hannah More's 'Letters to a Village Maiden'?”
“The real lover is the man who can thrill you just by touching your head or smiling into your eyes - or just by staring into space.”
“It isn't a matter of forgetting. What one has to learn is how to remember and yet be free of the past.”
“Vice, like virtue, Grows in small steps, and no true innocence Can ever fall at once to deepest guilt.”
“In America everything is fantastical.”
“Solving a problem for which you know thereâ€™s an answer is like climbing a mountain with a guide, along a trail someone else has laid. In mathematics, the truth is somewhere out there in a place no one knows, beyond all the beaten paths. And itâ€™s not always at the top of the mountain. It might be in a crack on the smoothest cliff or somewhere deep in the valley.”

Source : Yoko Ogawa (2009). “The Housekeeper and the Professor: A Novel”, p.34, Picador
“Brendan Oâ€™Mearaâ€™s Six Weeks in Saratoga is a victory to be savored by those who treasure good writing in general and tales of the track in particular. Horses may win races, but they also win hearts as this impressive book proves beyond doubt. A memorable, sure-footed debut.”
“Life is really very simple. What we give out, we get back”

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