“Books should stand on their own feet ... If they need shoring up by a preface here, an introduction there, they have no more right to exist than a table that needs a wad of paper under one leg in order to stand steady.” IfsNeedsShouldBookOrderFeetPaperTablesLegsSteadyIntroduction Book:Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)
“Many children grow through adolescence with no ripples whatever and land smoothly and predictably in the adult world with both feet on the ground. Some who have stumbled and bumbled through childhood suddenly burst into bloom. Most shake, steady themselves, zigzag, fight, retreat, pick up, take new bearings, and finally find their own true balance.” WorldChildrenFightingGrowsFeetLandChildhoodBalancePicksAdultsShakesSteadyAdolescenceRetreatRippleFeet On The Ground Author:Stella Chess