If the behaviour of babies and small children is any guide, we emerge into the world with our tendencies to imbalance already… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
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Someone who is perennially surprised that depravity exists, who continues to feel disillusioned (even incredulous) when confronted with evidence of what humans… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
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“The red firelight glowed on their two bonny heads and revealed their faces, animated with the eager interest of children; for, though… — Emily Brontë Copy Share Image
If I were entering adulthood now instead of in the environment of fifty years ago, I would choose a career that kept… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
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What do teachers and curriculum directors mean by 'value' reading? A look at the practice of most schools suggests that when a… — Kelly Gallagher Copy Share Image
The natural inclination of a child is to take pleasure in the use of the mind no less than of the body.… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
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I got about half the time I wanted to write poetry. I got about half the time I needed to be a… — Robert Bly Copy Share Image
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When I was growing up, books took me away from my life to a solitary place that didn't feel lonely. They celebrated… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
“I remember everything,' Bette Midler flatly notes. 'But you know how in life, you tend to hold grudges? Well, I don’t do… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
In all times and in all places--in Constantinople, northwestern Zambia, Victorian England, Sparta, Arabia, . . . medieval France,Babylonia, . . .… — Louise J. Kaplan Copy Share Image
I began writing for kids because I wanted to effect a change in American society. I continue in that spirit. By the… — Arnold Adoff Copy Share Image
For me the breakthrough was the realization that I wasn't the center of the universe or even the centre of my own… — Shaun Micallef Copy Share Image
Adolescence is a relatively recent thing in human history -- a period of years between the constraints of childhood and the responsibilities… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Early fear was felt cellularly and was indeed real. Defensive postures were necessary, but defenses generalize cellularly in adulthood and do not… — David Richo Copy Share Image
“Oh, monsters are scared', said Lettie. 'And as for grown-ups...' She stopped talking, rubbed her freckled nose with a finger. Then, 'I'm… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
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“Adulthood brings with it the pernicious illusion of control, and perhaps even depends on it. I mean that mirage of dominion over… — Juan Gabriel Vásquez Copy Share Image
We warn our children and grandchildren about peer pressure. We want them to say no to the vices of the world: drinking,… — O. S. Hawkins Copy Share Image
I kinda came into my manhood, or what I thought was my adulthood, early. I had to show up, and I had… — Nipsey Hussle Copy Share Image
Crushes start out as that teenage phenomenon, life-affirming and cute, but as you wander into adulthood, they seem to end up more… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
People of this teenager's age are on the brink of adulthood and have to be allowed a greater degree of responsibility. A… — John Scott Copy Share Image
Adulthood isn't an award they'll give you for being a good child. You can waste years, trying to get someone to give… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“Death and dying makes us into children once again, in truth, one last time, there in our final wailing cries. More than… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
People whose integrity has not been damaged in childhood, who were protected, respected, and treated with honesty by their parents, will be-both… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
Despite the fact that I have no regrets about how things turned out in my life, I still can't help wanting to… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
Dogs are a really amazing eye opener for us humans because their lives are compressed into such a short period, so we… — John Grogan Copy Share Image
Each era invents its own child. Over the past 500 years, conceptions of the child changed gradually from an ill-formed adult who… — Sandra Scarr Copy Share Image
“Maturity is not something that happens all at once. It is not a border between two countries where once you cross the… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
“With all of these opportunities and very few demands--especially as some of our parents continue to pay for our amenities--we have been… — Elise Italiano Copy Share Image
STAGES OF LIFE: TEENS: you have all the time and energy but no money. WORKERS: you have the money and energy but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Mr. Robinson and Mr. Kovite have...written a captivating coming-of-age novel that is, by turns, funny and sad and elegiac -\-\ a novel… — Michiko Kakutani Copy Share Image
I've lost over 800 West Virginians the last year. Lost their lives to opiate and drug addiction. This is something that we've… — Joe Manchin Copy Share Image
More than one philosopher has claimed that we ever remain children, far beneath the indurated layers that make up the armour of… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
