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Fri 21 Dec 2012

Happy holidays, everyone

Posted by PJ under childhood, children, growing up, quote of the day
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“The great man is he who has not lost his childlike heart.”

—Mencius (Meng Tzu)

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Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Wed 7 Mar 2012

Realization

Posted by PJ under childhood, death, epiphanies, quote of the day
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“Whatever became of the moment when one first knew about death? There must have been one. A moment. In childhood. When it first occurred to you that you don’t go on forever. Must have been shattering, stamped into one’s memory. And yet, I can’t remember it. It never occurred to me at all. We must be born with an intuition of mortality. Before we know the word for it. Before we know that there are words. Out we come, bloodied and squalling, with the knowledge that for all the points of the compass, there’s only one direction, and time is its only measure.”

—Rosencrantz, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard)

 

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Mon 19 Dec 2011

Mistakes were made

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“We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we move from the passive voice to the active voice—that is, until we stop saying ‘It got lost,’ and say ‘I lost it.’”

—Sydney J. Harris, On the Contrary

 

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Tue 29 Nov 2011

Not grown up

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Random quote of the day:

 

“All grown-ups were once children—although few of them remember it.”

—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, dedication to The Little Prince

 

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Wed 15 Sep 2010

Boxed in

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“Childhood is long and narrow like a coffin, and you can’t get out of it on your own.”

—Tove Ditlevsen, Early Spring, tr. Tiina Nunnally

(Note to reviewers who quote people in reviews of another person’s book: it is important to spell names correctly, especially if you are quoting without attribution.  Thank you.)

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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