Befuddle Quote by Judith Land

“Our ancestors believed that they were not born complete. There was someone out there with a part of their heart and soul. When they…

— Eden Cole

“Sometimes I have the feeling that what takes place is identical to what doesn't take place, what we dismiss or allow to slip by…

— Javier Marías

Some people talk about children wanting to be born as though somewhere out there in the collective unconscious there's a spirit, or a thought…

— Ann-Marie MacDonald

“All children, as long as they still live in the mystery, are continuously occupied in their souls with the only thing that is important,…

— Hermann Hesse

“the fabric of family, the limits of love, the loss of innocence and the birth of knowledge.”

— Betty Smith

“At a certain age our parents offhandedly start telling us things we’ve never heard before, about themselves and their families, their upbringing and history.…

— Tim Kreider

“peculiar, or sad, and yet still deserve a place within the circle of familial love. The parents would thus have created an invaluable wellspring…

— Alain de Botton

“I have one outstanding trait in my character, which must strike anyone who knows me for any length of time, and that is my…

— Anne Frank

“...we are trying, in a world of increasing complexity, to create a simpler and more understandable place for ourselves. No longer do we grow…

— Oliver Pötzsch

Self-actualizing people have a deep feeling of identification, sympathy, and affection for human beings in general. They feel kinship and connection, as if all…

— Abraham Maslow

“More than once I have tried to picture myself in the position of a boy or man with an honoured and distinguished ancestry which…

— Solomon Northup

“It was an alarming thought that these false selves should still have me in their power, and in my bewilderment I began wondering whether…

— Anna Kavan