A book for children, like the myths and folktales that tend to slide into it, is really a blueprint for dealing with life. For that reason, it might have a happy ending, because nobody ever solved a problem while believing it was hopeless. It might put the aims and the solution unrealistically high — in the same way that folktales tend to be about kings and queens — but this is because it is better to aim for the moon and get halfway there than just to aim for the roof and get halfway upstairs. Diana Wynne Jones
A DEFINITION NOT FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY Not leaving: an act of trust and love, often deciphered by children
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Markus Zusak
When God Created Mothers"When the Good Lord was creating mothers, He was into His sixth day of "overtime" when the angel appeared and said. "You're doing a lot of fiddling around on this one." And God said, "Have you read the specs on this order?"...
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Erma Bombeck
The soul is healed by being with children.
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children.
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Karl Lagerfeld
I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child.
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Anne Lamott
More Quotes By Diana Wynne Jones
I think we ought to live happily ever after.
To love someone enough to let them go, you had to let them go forever or you did not love them that much.
Learn to drive?"" Never, " said Quentin. "My mission in life is to be a passenger.
Nobody gets praised for the right reasons.
You must admit I have a right to live in a pigsty if I want.
