“I don't for one second think about the possibility of censorship when I am writing a new book. I know I am a person who cares about kids and who cares about truth and I am guided by my own instincts, and trust them.” ThinkingKnowsWritingPersonsBookCareKidsMy OwnPossibilityInstinctCensorshipWho CaresNew Books Author:Lois Lowry
“With the unknown, one is confronted with danger, discomfort, and care; the first instinct is to abolish these painful states. First principle: any explanation is better than none. . . . The causal instinct is thus conditional upon, and excited by, the feeling of fear. The "why?" shall, if at all possible, not give the cause for its own sake so much as for a particular kind of cause -- a cause that is comforting, liberating, and relieving.” IfsGivingFirstsKindStatesFeelingsCareCausesPrinciplesDangerParticularInstinctSakePainfulExcitedExplanationComfortingLiberatingDiscomfortAbolishConditional Book:The Portable Nietzsche Source: The Portable Nietzsche
“It's an amazing feeling to know that life is actually growing inside your body. The first time you see the ultrasound and you see the little bones and you realise that it's part of you and it's in your care is life changing and this sort of protective instinct has taken over.” KnowsFirstsLittlesFeelingsBodyCareLife IsTakenGrowingFirst TimeInstinctBonesYour BodyLife ChangingRealisingProtectiveUltrasounds Author:Halle Berry
“Children have an anxious concern for living beings, and the satisfaction of this instinct fills them with delight. It is therefore easy to interest them in taking care of plants and especially of animals. Nothing awakens foresight in a small child such as this. When he knows that animals have need of him, that little plants will dry up if he does not water them, he binds together with a new thread of love today's passing moments with those of the morrow.” IfsKnowsNeedsChildrenLittlesDoeMomentsCareTodayTogetherEasyInterestWaterAnimalConcernPlantInstinctSatisfactionDelightPassingPassingsDryAnxiousThreadForesightMorrowSmall ChildDry UpPassing Moments Author:Maria Montessori