"She looked up at him and said,"What did you say?" "You have beautiful eyes." "You told my father that he has beautiful eyes?" He smiled. "No. You distracted me. I told your father that, while I was very grateful for the lesson, I doubt I would ever need of it again- because I was planning to court only one woman in my lifetime."

-- Sarah MacLean

#Beautiful Quotes #Father Quotes #Grateful Quotes

“Children are notoriously curious about everything, everything except... the things people want them to know. It then remains for us to refrain from forcing any kind of knowledge upon them, and they will be curious about everything.”

Source : Floyd Dell (1921). “Were You Ever a Child?”
“It has been said that the essence of teaching is causing another to know. It may similarly be said that the essence of training is causing another to do. Teaching gives knowledge. Training gives skill. Teaching fills the mind. Training shapes the habits. Teaching brings to the child that which he did not have before. Training enables a child to make use of that which is already his possession.”

Source : Henry Clay Trumbull (1893). “Hints on Child-training”
“To fight evil with activity is like fighting darkness with one's hands. So what you need is light, not fit.”
“A knife can be a symbol, but it also better be able to cut string. And if it represent cutting free, cutting loose, in the storyâ€™s beginning, it better not be used to prop up a bookcase and then forgotten later on.”

Source : Ansen Dibell (1999). “Elements of Fiction Writing - Plot”, p.155, Writer's Digest Books
“We are often miserable at our desk or typewriters, but not happy away from them.”
“I love using gas grills because they are easier to heat and it's much easier to control the flames with a gas grill than with a charcoal fire. Grilling is not just about lighting a fire.”
“Stop the words now. Open the window in the center of your chest, and let the spirits fly in and out.”
“No one who, like me, conjures up the most evil of those half-tamed demons that inhabit the human breast, and seeks to wrestle with them, can expect to come through the struggle unscathed.”

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