Jaime Blanco

“Children have never been good at listening to their parents, but they have never failed to imitate them.”
― John Medina, Brain Rules for Baby: How to Raise a Smart and Happy Child from Zero to Five

“You still think I've gone cracked in the head," Ben said, amused. "Listen, if tomorrow we pulled into Biren and someone told you there were shamble-men in the woods, would you believe them?" My father shook his head. "What if two people told you?" Another shake.
Ben leaned forward on his stump. "What if a dozen people told you, with perfect earnestness, that shamble-men were out in the fields, eating-"
"Of course I wouldn't believe them," my father said, irritated. "It's ridiculous."
"Of course it is," Ben agreed, raising a finger. "But the real question is this: Would you go into the woods?”
― Patrick Rothfuss

“Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.”
― Robert J. Sawyer, Calculating God

“It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.”
― Gabriel García Márquez