“But love may have to be left off the exam. Most of us will never learn.”
― All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
― All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
“Hide-and-seek, grown-up style. Wanting to hide. Needing to be sought. Confused about being found.”
― All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things
― All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things
“Then he read the words of the scroll slowly, first in Japanese and then carefully translated into English:
'There is really nothing you must be.
And there is nothing you must do.
There is really nothing you must have.
And there is nothing you must know.
There is really nothing you must become.
However. It helps to understand
that fire burns, and when it rains,
the earth gets wet. . . .'
'Whatever, there are consequences. Nobody is exempt,' said the master.”
― It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It
'There is really nothing you must be.
And there is nothing you must do.
There is really nothing you must have.
And there is nothing you must know.
There is really nothing you must become.
However. It helps to understand
that fire burns, and when it rains,
the earth gets wet. . . .'
'Whatever, there are consequences. Nobody is exempt,' said the master.”
― It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It
“It’s harder to talk about, but what I really, really, really want for Christmas is just this: I want to be 5 years old again for an hour. I want to laugh a lot and cry a lot. I want to be picked or rocked to sleep in someone’s arms, and carried up to be just one more time. I know what I really want for Christmas: I want my childhood back. People who think good thoughts give good gifts.”
― All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
― All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
“We’re all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness—and call it love—true love.”
― True Love
― True Love
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