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Quote by Jean Piaget

“Play is the answer to how anything new comes about.”

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Swiss psychologist and the founder of the theory of cognitive development. Piaget's research has had a profound impact on fields such as educational psychology and child psychology. more

“All Mattia saw was a shadow moving toward him. He instinctively closed his eyes and then felt Alice’s hot mouth on his, her tears on his cheek, or maybe they weren’t hers, and finally her hands, so light, holding his head still and catching all his thoughts and imprisoning them there, in the space that no longer existed between them.”

Stills Hands Light Eye Moving Felt Space Saws Tears Mouths Shadow Hot His Eyes Cheeks Catching

Author:Paolo Giordano

“Don’t allow your wounds to transform you into someone you are not.”

Inspiring Divorce Wounds

Author:Paulo Coelho

“The only ethical principle which has made science possible is that the truth shall be told all the time. If we do not penalize false statements made in error, we open up the way for false statements by intention. And a false statement of fact, made deliberately, is the most serious crime a scientist can commit.”

Ifs Way Made Facts Principles Crime Serious Integrity Scientist Errors Intention Statements Commit Ethical Treason Ethical Principles

Book:Gaudy Night

Source: Gaudy Night

“I've waited a long time to show these flowers how pretty you are.”

Long Shows Flower Long Time

Book:The Wise Man's Fear

Source: The Wise Man's Fear

“You know,” he said, “I wish you could see this cave.” “What’s it like?” He paused. “It’s...beautiful, really.” “Tell me.” And so Po described to Katsa what hid in the blackness of the cave; and outside, the world awaited them.”

Knows World Said Beautiful Wish Caves Wish You Blackness Katsa Graceling

Author:Kristin Cashore

“But if it ever occurs to people to value the honor of the mind equally with the honor of the body, we shall get a social revolution of a quite unparalleled sort — and very different from the kind that is being made at the moment.”

People Ifs Mind Body Values Social Beauty Revolution Honour Norm Social Revolution

Author:Dorothy L. Sayers

“She glanced up at him, and in that moment he pulled his wet shirt over his head. She forced her mind blank. Blank as a new sheet of paper, blank as a starless sky. He came to the fire and crouched before it. He rubbed the water from his bare arms and flicked it in the flames. She stared at the goose and sliced his drumstick carefully and thought of the blankest expression on the blankest face she could possibly imagine. It was a chilly evening; she thought about that. The goose would be delicious, they must eat as much of it as possible, they must not waste it; she thought about that.”

Mind Moments Would Be Faces Water Fire Imagine Sky Expression Arms Waste Paper Evening Flames Shirts That Moment Wet Blank Sheets Delicious Geese Chilly Katsa Graceling Drumsticks

Author:Kristin Cashore

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