“It is usual to speak in a playfully apologetic tone about one’s adult enjoyment of what are called ‘children’s books’. I think the convention a silly one. No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally (and often far more) worth reading at the age of fifty – except, of course, books of information. The only imaginative works we ought to grow out of are those which it would have been better not to have read at all.”
― Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories
― Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories
“Time doesn’t heal emotional pain, you need to learn how to let go.”
― The Light in the Heart
― The Light in the Heart
“When you do the right thing, you get the feeling of peace and serenity associated with it. Do it again and again.”
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“Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down.”
― The Light in the Heart
― The Light in the Heart
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