"Far more often [than asking the question 'Is it true?'] they [children] have asked me: 'Was he good? Was he wicked?' That is, they were far more concerned to get the Right side and the Wrong side clear. For that is a question equally important in History and in Faerie."

-- J. R. R. Tolkien

#Children Quotes #Wicked Quotes #Important Quotes

“Emmy Lou Harris introduced me to the work of the Vietnam Veterans of America foundation and the Campaign for a Land Mine Free World.”
“It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self.”
“Patience is a virtue. Keep doing what you want to do and eventually things will happen.”
“The great man of science, unless he is also a philosopher, ... deserves the title of genius as little as the man of action.”

Source : "Sex and Character" by Otto Weininger, (pp. 139-140), 1906.
“There are interesting forms of difficulty, and there are unprofitable forms of difficulty. I mean, I enjoy some difficult poetry, but some of it is impenetrable and I actually wouldn't want to penetrate it if I could, perhaps.”
“Like lots of baby boomers, I was brought up on archaic anthropomorphism. Upstanding Christian dogs. Rabbits with family values. Because the ancient texts and pictures were sacred - Potter, Milne and the rest. Even concerned parents who knew Freud and Jung never saw the contradictions in feeding us on them.”
“the captain is supposed to go down with the ship" . "unless the first mate knocks him out and throws him in a lifeboat”
“Being a Celtic supporter is not always easy, but it is always worthwhile.”

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