Quote for Today: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
And the little prince broke into a lovely peal of laughter, which irritated me very much. I like my misfortunes to be taken seriously. ―Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
Quote for Today: William Golding
Now we, if not in the spirit, have been caught up to see our earth, our mother, Gaia Mater, set like a jewel in space. We have no excuse now …
Quote for Today: Alfred Hitchcock
Fear isn’t so difficult to understand. After all, weren’t we all frightened as children? Nothing has changed since Little Red Riding Hood faced the big bad wolf. What frightens us …
Quote for Today: Richard Brautigan
We could see the children’s toys here and there, and we saw a game that the children had made themselves out of dirt, deer antlers and abalone shells, but the …
Quote for Today: Gaston Leroux
They played at hearts as other children might play at ball; only, as it was really their two hearts that they flung to and fro, they had to be …
The Shadow of Innocence: Villainous by Paul Constantakis
Children are often characterized as innocent, but watching them play reveals otherwise. Deep down, aren’t we all a bit villainous? A sleeping boy lies peacefully in his room, but all …
Quote for Today: Annie Besant
To me in my childhood, elves and fairies of all sorts were very real things, and my dolls were as really children as I was myself a child. —Annie Besant
Quote for Today: Eula Biss
British researchers recently found that girls between the ages of seven and eleven harbor surprisingly strong feelings of dislike for their Barbie dolls, with no other toy or brand name …
Quote for Today: Richard Louv
Leave part of the yard rough. Don’t manicure everything. Small children in particular love to turn over rocks and find bugs, and give them some space to do that. Take …
Quote for Today: David Suzuki
We can’t blame children for occupying themselves with Facebook rather than playing in the mud. Our society doesn’t put a priority on connecting with nature. In fact, too often we …