“It is an injustice that an old, broken, half-dead father should enjoy alone, in a corner of his hearth, possessions that would suffice for the advancement and maintenance of many children.” ShouldChildrenFatherEnjoyHalfBrokenInjusticePossessionCornersAdvancementMaintenanceDead Father Book:Complete Essays Source: Complete Essays
“Just what is the civil law? What neither influence can affect, nor power break, nor money corrupt: were it to be suppressed or even merely ignored or inadequately observed, no one would feel safe about anything, whether his own possessions, the inheritance he expects from his father, or the bequests he makes to his children.” FeelsChildrenLawFatherBreakInfluenceBrokenSafePossessionIgnoredInheritance Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“[Peter Pan] has never broken his terrible habit of eavesdropping. So, maybe that wasn't the rustle of pages you heard while this story lasted, but Peter Pan himself, listening in. In exchanged for a story of yours, he might show you his most prized possession: James Hooks' map of Neverland. In exchange for a smile, he may show you Neverland itself.” MayStoriesShowsMightHeardBrokenListeningHabitTerriblePagesPossessionMapsPeterHookNeverlandEavesdroppingPrized Possessions Author:Geraldine McCaughrean
“How frequently has melancholy and even misanthropy taken possession of me, when the world has disgusted me, and friends have proven unkind. I have then considered myself as a particle broken off from the grand mass of mankind.” WorldTakenMankindBrokenMassPossessionMelancholyProvenParticlesUnkindDisgustedMisanthropy Book:Letters from Scandinavia Source: Letters from Scandinavia