“In their innocence, very young children know themselves to be light and love. If we will allow them, they can teach us to see ourselves the same way. ”
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“No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.”
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“They've done it before and they'll do it again and when they do it -- seems that only the children weep. Good night.”
― To Kill a Mockingbird
― To Kill a Mockingbird
“But while I was sitting down, I saw something that drove me crazy. Somebody'd written 'fuck you' on the wall. It drove me damn near crazy. I thought how Phoebe and all the other little kids would see it, and how they'd wonder what the hell it meant, and then finally some dirty kid would tell them— all cockeyed naturally— what it meant, and how they'd all think about it and maybe even worry about it for a couple of days. I kept wanting to kill whoever'd written it.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
“If all the world hated you and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved of you and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends.”
― Jane Eyre
― Jane Eyre
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