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• Children understand that 'once upon a time' refers not only--not even primarily--to the past, but to the impalpable regions of the present,… — Stephen Mitchell
• Children understand intuitively that the world they have been born into is not a blessed world. — Hayao Miyazaki
• You may have heard about living today, tomorrow, or "tonow." Tonow, children tell us, is a gift, which is why we call… — Bernie Siegel
• When I am grappling with ideas which are radical enough to upset grown-ups, then I am likely to put these ideas into… — Madeleine L'Engle
• If children understand that beliefs should be substantiated with evidence, as opposed to tradition, authority, revelation or faith, they will automatically work… — Richard Dawkins
• Most adults, unlike most children, understand the difference between a book that will hold them spellbound for a rainy Sunday afternoon and… — Mark Haddon
• Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. The moments that… — Mitch Albom
• One can tell a child everything, anything. I have often been struck by the fact that parents know their children so little.… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
• Imaginary friends are one of the weirder forms of pretend play in childhood. But the research shows that imaginary friends actually help… — Alison Gopnik

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