“When you join the Parachute Regiment they send you on training and initiation exercises. One of the tasks is to accept and care for a pet white rabbit. The young squaddie has to feed, brush, stroke and comfort his rabbit for a week, and become attached to it. Then he has to shoot it.” WarCareYoungWhiteAcceptingWeekExerciseComfortTrainingTasksPetStrokesBrushesRabbitsInitiationParachutesBrush Strokes Author:Matthew Parris
“Today our approaches to children are fragmented and partial. Those who care for well children know little of children who are sick. The deep knowledge that comes from the intensive attempt to cure is separated from the knowledge of those whose main task is to teach.” KnowsWellsChildrenLittlesCareTodayTeachApproachTasksSickCuresWho CaresFragmented Book:Continuities in Cultural Evolution Source: Continuities in Cultural Evolution
“marrows - alas! - are arriving in a steady stream at the back door. ... Oddly enough, the majority of people who grow them in Fairacre say, as they hand them over: 'Funny thing! I don't care for them myself. In fact, none of the family likes them!' But still they plant them. It must be the fascination of seeing such a wonderful return for one small seed, that keeps marrow-growers at their dubious task.” PeopleStillsEnoughFactsHandsCareGrowsWonderfulSeeingDoorsReturnTasksMajorityPlantDon't CareSeedsLikesI Don't CareStreamsSteadyGardeningAlasFascinationFunny ThingsArrivingDubiousMarrowBack Doors Author:Miss Read