"Like every child, I adored her. Until I formed a brain and got to know her."

--

Augusten Burroughs

#Children Quotes #Brain Quotes

“I have an extremely addictive personality. I'm an extremist.”
“There's only one requirement of any of us, and that is to be courageous. Because courage, as you might know, defines all other human behavior. And, I believe - because I've done a little of this myself - pretending to be courageous is just as good as the real thing.”
“Publicity is a great purifier because it sets in action the forces of public opinion, and in this country public opinion controls the courses of the nation”
“I ask myself, have nations ever declined from a loss of moral sense rather than from physical reasons or the pressure of barbarians? I think that they have.”
“Respect the child. Wait and see the new product of Nature. Nature loves analogies, but not repetitions. Respect the child. Be not too much his parent. Trespass not on his solitude.”
“There is no such thing as failure, there's just giving up too soon.”
“Act like a champion, and then become one.”
“Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.”

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