“From an evolutionary perspective children are, literally, designed to learn. Childhood is a special period of protected immaturity. It gives the young breathing time to master the things they will need to know in order to survive as adults.” KnowsNeedsGivingChildrenYoungOrderChildhoodSpecialMastersPerspectivePeriodsAdultsBreathingProtectedImmaturity Author:Alison Gopnik
“I come from an art history background. I studied at a master's degree level; I chose to dork out on art for much of my adult life. A lot of my heroes are artists and a lot of my musical heroes have an artistic side.” ArtArtistSidesLevelsMastersHeroDegreesAdultsMusicalBackgroundsArtisticMy HeroArt HistoryDork Author:Black Francis
“Think of the old cliché about ‘the mind being an excellent servant but a terrible master.’ This, like many clichés, so lame and unexciting on the surface, actually expresses a great and terrible truth. It is not the least bit coincidental that adults who commit suicide with firearms almost always shoot themselves in: the head.” ThinkingMindBitsMastersTerribleAdultsSuicideSurfaceCommitExcellentServantFirearmsLame Author:David Foster Wallace
“I started to read James Baldwin very early on in my life. At a time, as a young adult in the Sixties, when there were not that many authors in whom I could recognize myself, he was an important guide and mentor to me as he was to many others. He helped me understand who I was and decipher the world around me. He gave me the words to defend myself and the argumentative rhetoric to master discussions with others.” WorldImportantYoungMastersAdultsYoung AdultGuidesDiscussionMentorSixtyRhetoricDecipher Author:Raoul Peck
“I never thought when I was a kid that I would become an adult. I never thought of myself as having any sort of distant horizon. I have sort of leapt without a master plan.” KidsPlansMastersAdultsHorizon Author:Rachel Maddow
“The adult must seem to mislead the child, and the Master the dog. They misread the signs. Their ignorance and their wishes twist everything. You are so sure you know what the promise promised! And the danger is that when what He means by ‘wind’ appears you will ignore it because it is not what you thought it would be—as He Himself was rejected because He was not like the Messiah the Jews had in mind.” KnowsMindMeanChildrenSeemsWould BeWishDogDangerIgnoranceWindMastersPromiseAdultsJewRejectedTwistsMisleadMessiah Author:Sheldon Vanauken
“It's a little known fact, but parents are like superheroes. With just a few magic words they can make you feel ten feet tall and bulletproof, they can slay the dragons of doubt and worry, they can make your problems disappear. But of course they can only do this as long as you're a child. When you've become an adult, become the master of your own universe, they're not as powerful as they once were. Maybe that's why so many of us take our time growing up.” FeelsChildrenLittlesLongFactsProblemUniverseCoursesParentPowerfulKnownWorryGrowing UpDoubtGrowingMagicFeetMastersTenAdultsDisappearOur TimeDragonsTallSuperheroBulletproofMagic Words Book:Four Thrillers by Lisa Unger: Beautiful Lies, Sliver of Truth, Black Out, Die for You Source: Four Thrillers by Lisa Unger: Beautiful Lies, Sliver of Truth, Black Out, Die for You