"Bedtime rituals for children ease the way to the elsewhere of slumber - teeth brushing and pajamas, the voice of a parent reading, the feel and smell of the old blanket or toy, the nightlight glowing in a corner."

-- Siri Hustvedt

#Children Quotes #Reading Quotes #Glowing Quotes

“Perhaps we are the same person. Perhaps we have no limits; perhaps we flow into each other, stream through each other, boundlessly and magnificently. You bear terrible thoughts; it is almost painful to be near you. At the same time it is enticing. Do you know why?”
“I think making mistakes and discovering them for yourself is of great value, but to have someone else to point out your mistakes is a shortcut of the process.”
“To increase student engagement and ownership of learning, we should give students opportunities to do meaningful work - work that makes a difference locally, nationally, and globally.”
“Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people.”
“No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.”

Source : Karl Popper (2012). “The Open Society and its Enemies”, p.503, Routledge
“We often make people pay dearly for what we think we give them.”
“I'm not even sure If I'm awake now.”
“And I think now that fate is shaped half by expectation, half by inattention. But somehow, when you lose something you love, faith takes over. -Rose”

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