“In Veksh," said Trishka, "our mothers teach us that there's a type of story called zejhasa, the braided path: a new tale that starts before the old tale has ended, and which could not exist alone. Every life is zejhasa. Before we are born, our mothers live their own stories, and when we are young, our existence is twined with theirs - small threads in a wider pattern. But as we grow, these threads begin to separate, forming new strands, new lives, new purposes. Our mothers' stories go on, enriched; but ours will always begin before theirs have ended.”
Source: An Accident of Stars
“Children, who want at all costs to have their way, are closest to God, for they want to exist.”
Source: The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition
“Some mountains will seem too high because you are afraid to climb. Once you start moving forward, you will be surprised by the outcome.”
Source: Coming to Grips with the Mountains and Valleys of This World
“Do people have a left mind he’d wondered? What’s the difference anyway?”
Source: The Adventures of George and Mabel: Based on an Almost... well, you know (The Adventures of George and Mabel: Based on an Almost
“Zara had two sisters, one of whom struggled with anorexia, and the other with depression, two conditions that Emira's mother believed black people didn't "get.”
“Most people who yell at children, or shame them for making a mistake, would never yell at or shame someone at work for making a mistake.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“Children deserve respect more, not less than adults, because they innocently make mistakes.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“I've been crying for eight hours now, and he hasn't even noticed."
"I know," said Julie. "When Alexandra was two I cried for eight months and she never noticed.”
Source: Heartburn
“When parents, family, friends, or teachers behave in hurtful ways it is because they have experienced deep hurt and negative conditioning within them.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“Until this minute she had thought all adults were supposed to like all children. She understood by now misunderstandings were to be expected- she had had several with teachers - and often children and grown-ups did not agree, but things somehow worked out. For a grown-up to actually dislike a child and try to shame her, she was sure had to be wrong, very, very wrong.”
Source: Ramona Forever