And when all the wars are over, a butterfly will still be beautiful.
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Ruskin Bond
That was when it was all made painfully clear to me. When you are a child, there is joy. There is laughter. And most of all, there is trust. <span style="margin:15px; display:block"></span>Trust in your fellows. When you are an adult..then comes suspicion, hatred, and fear....
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Peter David
Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days.
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Flannery OConnor
Be sure to lie to your kids about the benevolent, all-seeing Santa Claus. It will prepare them for an adulthood of believing in God.
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Scott Dikkers
Whatever I learned, Whatever I knew, Seems like those faded years of childhood that flew, Away in some dilemma, Always in some confusion, The purpose of this life, Seems like an illusion!
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Mehek Bassi
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My mind is like a room where the door swings free in the breeze, and many visitors come and go and stay and vanish as they will.
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