"It might sound a paradoxical thing to say --for surely never has a generation of children occupied more sheer hours of parental time -- but the truth is that we neglected you. We allowed you a charade of trivial freedoms . . ."

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Source : Midge Decter (1975). “Liberal parents, radical children”, Coward McCann

Midge Decter

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“Good has two meanings: it means that which is good absolutely and that which is good for somebody.”
“I literally feel like books saved my life. I found these people. Me reading Camus and Kafka, all of the tortured teenager stuff of someone who's falling in love with books. These people, these writers had the questions. They may not have had the answers, but they're not afraid to look at the questions head on. It was just life-changing for me. Yeah, books, honestly, I can't even tell you. I feel saved by books; I feel like they let me be who I was and find the world I wanted to be in.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth - these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die.”

Source : "9 Timeless Leadership Lessons from Cyrus the Great" by Ryan Holiday, www.forbes.com. April 19, 2012.
“I have no interest in managing my financial affairs.”
“If they knocked two of your guys down, I'd get four. You have to protect your hitters.”
“If one asks for success and prepares for failure, one will get the situation one has prepared for.”
“Bad books on writing tell you to "WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW", a solemn and totally false adage that is the reason there exist so many mediocre novels about English professors contemplating adultery.”
“Humility is what we want other people to have.”

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