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“I think if Barthes again. A writer is someone who plays with the body of his mother, he says after the death of his own mother, in order to glorify it, to embellish it.”

Book:On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

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“آه يا طائر الطفولة النائح قل لي لِمَّ كل هذا النواح؟ قل لي لِمَ كل هذا العويل؟ آه يا طائري الذي صاحبني منذ الطفولة لِمَ طبعت نواحك وألصقت عويلك وآهاتك في كل ضحكاتي في كل ابتساماتي في ملامحي في نبراتي؟ آه يا رفيق الطفولة لقد بات الجميع يتجنبني بسببك لئلا أذكرهم بعويلهم الذي دفنوه وصرخاتهم التي أخرسوها ليتمكنوا من مواصلة العيش ...”

Life Poetry Creativity Childhood Meaning Of Life Symbolism Arabic Poetry Arabic Literature

Author:Louis Yako

“He must have been one of those very special people, beloved of the gods, for whom time is elastic and can always be stretched out to play with a child.”

Childhood Youth

Book:Blue Remembered Hills: A Recollection

Source: Blue Remembered Hills: A Recollection

“There was Sheila Walker who was six, and who, I am ashamed to say, Jean and I used to terrorize. She did ask for it - she grizzled and told tales - but still, we should not have fed her on dandelion leaves and then told her they were deadly poison. I see that now. At the time, it seemed like a good idea.”

Childhood

Book:Blue Remembered Hills: A Recollection

Source: Blue Remembered Hills: A Recollection

“The sage is sick of being sick (Tao Te Ching)”

Self Happiness Spiritual Enlightenment Philosophical

Book:Real Happiness Challenge

Source: Real Happiness Challenge

“Childhood is the period when we are full of dreams. We jump, we fly and we soar. It is almost as if wings have been implanted on us and we are rocketing and gliding in the sky. Sometimes, we reach the stars, sometimes we talk to the moon and at other times we swing on the rainbow. And these dreams are unidirectional, that is, we learn only to aspire and hope; without even wondering there could be any stop to our flights of fantasy.”

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Book:Lines of Fate: First Love and Other Stories

Source: Lines of Fate: First Love and Other Stories

“but for me sex was my girlhood dragged to death he said we were going to play then he always locked the door always chose the game when i told him to stop he said i was asking for it but what did i know about involuntary orgasms and agency and consent at age 7. 8. 9. and 10.”

Childhood Me Too Sexual Adult

Book:Home Body

Source: Home Body

“There was something childlike in the way grown-ups had a need for stories. They held a naive belief that by telling an inspiring anecdote-the right fable at the right time-they could lift their children's moods, motivate them to great achievements and simply change reality. There was no point in telling them that life was more complicated than that and words less magical than they presumed.”

Stories Childhood Words Fables

Book:The Island of Missing Trees

Source: The Island of Missing Trees

“theories are for people with too much time and not enough determination.”

Fiction Childhood Motherhood Memoir Biography

Book:On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Source: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“Computers deliver an abundance of symbols yet offer an impoverishment of experience. Do our children need to see more icons, corporate logos, and glitzy fonts... or do they need more time climbing, running, and figuring out how to get along with each other?”

Education Childhood Schools Information Technology Information Age Corporate America Computers And Humanity Literacy Children

Book:High-Tech Heretic: Reflections of a Computer Contrarian

Source: High-Tech Heretic: Reflections of a Computer Contrarian

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