“Children are people, and they should have to reach to learn about things, to understand things, just as adults have to reach if they want to grow in mental stature. Life is composed of lights and shadows, and we would be untruthful, insincere, and saccharine if we tried to pretend there were no shadows. Most things are good, and they are the strongest things; but there are evil things too, and you are not doing a child a favor by trying to shield him from reality. The important thing is to teach a child that good can always triumph over evil.”
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“When we are young, the words are scattered all around us. As they are assembled by experience, so also are we, sentence by sentence, until the story takes shape.”
― The Plague of Doves
― The Plague of Doves
“The trouble is if you don’t spend your life yourself, other people spend it for you.”
― Five Finger Exercise
― Five Finger Exercise
“She believed in dreams, all right, but she also believed in doing something about them. When Prince Charming didn't come along, she went over to the palace and got him.”
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“Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors.”
― Moonheart
― Moonheart
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