Kae Larsen

“Children killing children. That's a terrible thing."
"What do you think has gone wrong?"
"It's not just the children. It's the grown-ups too. Some people are growing children, not raising children, and there's a big difference."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, people grow hogs. You give them a place to live, give them all the food they need to keep growing, and make sure that they don't get sick on you. With children you got to raise them. Of course, you feed and clothe them. But a parent has to take the time to teach them right and wrong. A parent has to discipline them. And a parent got to be there to listen to them, help them with their problems. I think most people do their best, but there are some parents these days that are growing children, not raising children.
"It's a sad thing. These children have everything they need to grow up, but they are missing something inside. They must hurt awful bad and no one has shown them the way to live. Buying them their food or even fancy clothes or a car ain't going to help if a child is hurting inside. We all need the same things.”
― George Dawson and Richard Glaubman, Life Is So Good: One Man's Extraordinary Journey through the 20th Century and How he Learned to Read at Age 98

“So many folks thinking and wanting you to be somebody else will confuse you if you are not careful.”
― Ellen Foster

“I like to believe that we are more alike in our positive experiences than in our negative ones that what binds us is stronger than what separates us.”
― Marcelo Figueras, Kamchatka

“I said, "The children wanted to know what life was like."
Junior said, “They [the children] don’t have any idea how rough it was.”
(George responds)“Or how good it was either! People forget that a picture ain’t made from just one color. Life ain’t all good or all bad. It’s full of everything.”
― George Dawson and Richard Glaubman, Life Is So Good: One Man's Extraordinary Journey through the 20th Century and How he Learned to Read at Age 98