“It’s amazing sometimes, the intuition of children. How clearly they see the world for exactly what it is, unclouded by so-called adult intellect and knowhow. Is innocence, in its own way, a kind of purified truth?”
Source: When I See You Again
“A huge hand scooped Tank up and placed him in a box that Tank was able to see through.”
Source: Where Is He?: Tank, the tortoise
“He wondered to himself, “Where is he?” He was very hungry, so he ate some lettuce. He preferred beans.”
Source: Where Is He?: Tank, the tortoise
“Tank thought to himself, “I am home. He is here.”
Source: Where Is He?: Tank, the tortoise
“Sometimes I get super tender when I think about how dumb and naive my child self was, and I wish I could go back and hug her while also reminding her to tuck in her shirt.”
Source: Wow, No Thank You.: Essays
“Often children's book illustrators were assumed to have kind and whimsical natures--a foolish expectation, for all the best children's literature, if anyone has been paying attention, hinges on betrayal, the heartlessness of nature, death.”
Source: I Hold a Wolf by the Ears: Stories
“I was an attentive child; the world seemed like a bewildering place and I wanted all the knowledge I could come by.”
Source: I Hold a Wolf by the Ears: Stories
“When a gift to a child passes along the palm of a mother's hand, it becomes more precious.”
Source: A Crown for Our Queen
“What would you prefer – to remain a child all your life and have paranormal powers, or to become an adult and sacrifice your paranormal powers? Nature has made this a tradeoff. Do you want to be Peter Pan, who can fly but can never grow up, or do you want to join the adults and have adult fun and also adult responsibilities? Why do children lose their natural powers? Is it possible to get these powers back? Can adults recover their lost paranormal abilities, the abilities which society warned them as children never to play with? It’s always dangerous to play with fire. It’s even more dangerous to ignore your natural fire. Isn’t it time to light up your life?”
Source: Children See Dead People: Children's Spooky Powers
“A successful merger or acquisition is defined by integration. It's about how well the two entities can integrate with one another and achieve unity.”
Source: GAME CHANGR6: An Executives Guide to Dominating Change, by applying the R6 Resilience Change Management Framework