Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Magda M. Olchawska

Quote by Magda M. Olchawska

Work

Mikolay and Julia Meet the Fairies

Browse quotes and source details for this work. more

Author

Magda M. Olchawska

Browse famous quotes and profile details for Magda M. Olchawska. more

You May Also Like

“Oftentimes I felt ridiculous giving my seal of approval to what was in reality such a natural thing to do, sort of like reinventing the wheel and extolling its virtues. Had parents' intuition sunk so low that some strange man had to tell modern women that it was okay to sleep with their babies?”

ChildrenParentingEarthyCo Sleeping
Book:SIDS: A Parent's Guide to Understanding and Preventing Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Create image

“Because she did not look behind, September did not see the smoky-glass casket close itself primly up again. She did not see it bend in half until it cracked, and Death hop up again, quite well, quite awake, and quite small once more. She certainly did not see Death stand on her tiptoes and blow a kiss after her, a kiss that rushed through all the frosted leaves of the autumnal forest, but could not quite catch a child running as fast as she could. As all mothers know, children travel faster than kisses. The speed of kisses is, in fact, what Doctor Fallow would call a cosmic constant. The speed of children has no limits.”

ChildrenMothersKisses
Book:The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
Create image

“I was always exceedingly delighted with that saying of Chrysostom, "The foundation of our philosophy is humility"; and yet more pleased with that of Augustine: "As the orator, when asked, What is the first precept in eloquence? answered, Delivery: What is the second? Delivery: What is the third? Delivery: so if you ask me concerning the precepts of the Christian religion, I will answer, first, second, and third, Humility.”

QuotesChristianityHumility
Book:Institutes of the Christian Religion, 2 Vols
Create image