“I am not allowed to be afraid. My mother made me like that. As a child, if I was afraid of the dark, she would lock me in the closet. Things like this. And she would talk about the time she spent in the concentration camp, but not about being afraid, only about the good side of it.” IfsChildrenMadeMotherSidesDarkConcentrationCampsLocksClosetsBeing AfraidConcentration Camp Author:Diane von Furstenberg
“There are some closed doors we’re so frightened of opening that we don’t see them any more. We’ve pushed furniture in front of them; we’ve jammed the lock. Children are the only ones who might crouch down on all fours to stare at the red glow coming from under the door, as they wonder what lies behind it. But Vango had always been afraid of the glow.” ChildrenMightLyingBehindsWonderDoorsFrontsRedOpeningStaringFrightenedLocksFurnitureClosed DoorsFours Author:Timothee de Fombelle
“Philosophical problems can be compared to locks on safes, which can be opened by dialing a certain word or number, so that no force can open the door until just this word has been hit upon, and once it is hit upon any child can open it.” ChildrenHas BeensPhilosophyProblemCertainForceNumbersDoorsPhilosophicalLocks Book:Philosophical Occasions, 1912-1951 Source: Philosophical Occasions, 1912-1951