Calan
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“A man is at his youngest when he thinks he is a man, not yet realizing that his actions must show it.”
― The King Must Die
― The King Must Die
“When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty, I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”
― On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature
― On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature
“I am convinced that most people do not grow up...We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I think what we do is mostly grow old. We carry accumulation of years in our bodies, and on our faces, but generally our real selves, the children inside, are innocent and shy as magnolias.”
― Letter to My Daughter
― Letter to My Daughter
“There was that word again.Mature. Was this what maturity was? Giving up on the things we wanted because we knew we’d never get them?”
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“Don't you understand that we need to be childish in order to understand? Only a child sees things with perfect clarity, because it hasn't developed all those filters which prevent us from seeing things that we don't expect to see.”
― Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
― Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Read-A-Thin
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Readathin is a readathon that is hosted by Donna from MomsBookCollection and Manda from MandaTheBiblio. The goal of the readathon is to read books you ...more
Perustopia Book Club
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Hello everybody! Regan and I are teaming up and decided to make a book club where we can all read awesome books together each month! We will also hav ...more
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