"Unlike most other children, - especially unlike those of today - who are eager to become men and women as speedily as possible, I had a terror of growing up, which became more and more accentuated as I grew older."

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“Sensibility appears to me to be neither good nor evil in itself, but in its application. Under the influence of Christian principle, it makes saints and martyrs; ill-directed, or uncontrolled, it is a snare, and the source of every temptation; besides, as people cannot get it if it is not given them, to descant on it seems to me as idle as to recommend people to have black eyes or fair complexions.”
“There's a lot that you can be And ain't it a pity But its alright to smile back at me”
“I've had some lovely extraordinary experiences on New Year's Eve.”
“I was ordained one of the standing High Council in Zion, under the hands of President Joseph Smith”
“True forgiveness is a self-healing process which starts with you and gradually extends to everyone else.”
“Every German child learns to speak English in school.”
“I don't know why I do what I do. I tend to go for the really weird, bizarre stuff. I actually have to tone it down for the show.”
“At this point in our global ecological crisis, the survival of humanity will require a fundamental shift in our attitude toward nature: from finding out how we can dominate and manipulate nature to how we can learn from her. In this brilliant and hopeful book, Jay Harman shows us how far the new field of Biomimicry has already progressed toward this goal. The Shark's Paintbrush makes for fascinating and joyful reading - much needed in these dark times.”

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