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“Nothing in the world is quite as adorably lovely as a robin when he shows off and they are nearly always doing it.”
― The Secret Garden
― The Secret Garden
“So now you must choose... Are you a child who has not yet become world-weary? Or are you a philosopher who will vow never to become so? To children, the world and everything in it is new, something that gives rise to astonishment. It is not like that for adults. Most adults accept the world as a matter of course. This is precisely where philosophers are a notable exception. A philosopher never gets quite used to the world. To him or her, the world continues to seem a bit unreasonable - bewildering, even enigmatic. Philosophers and small children thus have an important faculty in common. The only thing we require to be good philosophers is the faculty of wonder…”
― Sophie’s World
― Sophie’s World
“I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life.”
― Amphitryon 38
― Amphitryon 38
“Knowing things is magical, if other people don't know them.”
― A Hat Full of Sky
― A Hat Full of Sky
“Humanity's a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there.”
― Witches Abroad
― Witches Abroad
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