“A mother must pray persistently for her children, if she delight in their prosperity.”
“Mount up the mountains with such an open heart, because the lessons learned along the way will make the journey worthwhile.”
Source: Coming to Grips with the Mountains and Valleys of This World
“The first book a child should be taught how to read is the Holy Scriptures.”
“The world is always the same. Always beautiful: why should we let our delight in it die? The answer to this problem lies in education. If we teach our children to love everything about them - the sky, the air, water, flowers, animals - then they will keep their youthful spirit forever, whatever may happen to them in the trivial world of affairs.”
Source: Get Ready for Battle
“Jeg følte mig (og føler mig stadig) ansvarlig for at have sat dem i verden, men jeg var ved at lære, at jeg under ingen omstændigheder skulle føle mig ansvarlig for deres individualitet. De var ikke mig og jeg var ikke dem. Jeg skulle lære dem at kende, ligesom de skulle lære mig at kende.”
Source: The Words to Say It
“I think that anyone who reaches the age of three or four has more than likely already had all the misery he or she needs.”
Source: Between Noon & Three: Romance, Law & the Outrage of Grace
“Ich wünschte, ich könnte so leben, Johanna, die Kinder einfach aufwachsen lassen, dreckig, frei und gleich mit welchen Noten, außer Atem von der Sonne, müde von der Luft.”
Source: Schlafen werden wir später
“Ja, ich wollte versuchen, dankbar zu sein, aber es geht nicht, Johanna, die Kinder haben mein Leben verdreht, und keiner hat mir gesagt, es würde so kommen, als sei das eines der größten Geheimnisse der Menschheit und niemand dürfte es preisgeben.”
Source: Schlafen werden wir später
“Why were children the only ones who ever got to melt down?”
Source: Territory of Light
“So about an hour later we are in the taxi
shooting along empty country roads towards town.
The April light is clear as an alarm.
As we pass them it gives a sudden sense of every object
existing in space on its own shadow.
I wish I could carry this clarity with me
into the hospital where distinctions tend to flatten and coalesce.
I wish I had been nicer to him before he got crazy.
These are my two wishes.”
Source: Glass, Irony and God