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Velvet’s Quotes

“There is nothing more atrociously cruel than an adored child.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

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“Scientia potentia est.

Knowledge is power.”
― Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan

tags: knowledge, power

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“Beyond all sciences, philosophies, theologies, and histories, a child's relentless inquiry is truly all it takes to remind us that we don't know as much as we think we know.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: challenge, children, curiosity, education, history, humility, imagination, inquiry, intelligence, knowledge, not-knowing, philosophy, questions, science, theology, uncertainty, wisdom

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“The proof that the little prince existed is that he was charming, that he laughed, and that he was looking for a sheep. If anybody wants a sheep, that is a proof that he exists.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

tags: existentialism

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“And when at last you find someone to whom you feel you can pour out your soul, you stop in shock at the words you utter— they are so rusty, so ugly, so meaningless and feeble from being kept in the small cramped dark inside you so long.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

tags: confidences, secrets, sharing-secrets

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