“It was as if those who created the Tarzan makeover didn't grasp the mind of Walt Disney.”
Source: Walt's Disneyland: It's Still There If You Know Where to Look
“The original Tom Sawyer Island was perhaps the most deeply personal expression of Walt's own boyhood dreams to be found anywhere in Disneyland. Tom Sawyer Island is the playground Walt wished he could have had as a boy. It's the only attractraction in the Park that Walt himself drew up with his own hands, in his barn on Carolwood Drive.”
Source: Walt's Disneyland: It's Still There If You Know Where to Look
“The sign on Pooh Corner states "Critter Country est. 1889" as a reference to the debut of Critter Country in 1989.”
Source: More Secret Stories of Disneyland: More Trivia Notes, Quotes, and Anecdotes
“Hope is like a word made with cloud, without faith, it quickly blows away.”
“More than eight hundred species of plants from more than forty nations are represented throughout Disneyland resort. It includes about 17,000 trees and 100,000 shrubs. Trees range in size from one-foot tall dwarf spruce in Fantasyland's Storybook Land to 80-foot high eucalyptus trees in Adventureland.”
Source: More Secret Stories of Disneyland: More Trivia Notes, Quotes, and Anecdotes
“Loving someone selflessly would mean sharing their happiness whether you are part of that happiness or not.”
Source: Second Spring
“Our way of life decrees that everyone is born with a pre-determined destiny. With good karma, one can try to make the most of one’s circumstances. But that’s all. There is a lot that is beyond the power of mere humans, ; the future unfolds the way it is meant to. Everyone acts the way they are meant to and lives as they are meant to, ; not a moment more, not a moment less. Each person that you meet has a role to play and nothing can alter that. The relationship they share with you, the duration of their presence in your life, all of it is ordained”
“A relationship that is not actively nurtured dies out eventually, I told myself. Or does it?”
Source: Second Spring
“Well, we actually never went around. We worked together, struggled through the corporate maze, shared our dreams, and, somewhere along the way, we came closer to each other. At the end, we touched each other’s heart. The impact was profound, much more than I thought it was initially.”
Source: Second Spring
“Victim-stancing - whereby the offender claims and believes that s/he is the real victim (one of the most prevalent sophistries in the false memory controversies)”
Source: Dialogues With Forgotten Voices: Relational Perspectives On Child Abuse Trauma And The Treatment Of Severe Dissociative Disorders