#chi

The protagonist of folktale is always, and intensely, a young person moving through ordeals into adult life. . . . and this is why there are no wicked stepchildren in the tales. ↗

— Jill Paton Walsh

#stepchildren #wicked #life

Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#life #parent #witness #life

Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit. Thirty yards of board fence nine feet high. Life to him seemed hollow, and existence but a burden. ↗

— Mark Twain

#life

He said when the Lord made people He made them all the same for starters. But life marks people. If you know the way, you can read them like maps. ↗

— Andrew Vachss

#crime-fiction #neo-noir #life

The only reason we don’t have what we want in life is the reasons we create why we can’t have them. ↗

— Tony Robbins

#success #life

What made me fall in love with acting, which is my life, was watching other people perform. It made me hunger to do that. ↗

— Elisabeth Rohm

#fall #hunger #life #love #made

Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event ↗

— Gaston Bachelard

#gaston-bachelard #life

Parents, don’t invest in your child's teaching; invest in your child's learning. ↗

— Steve Ahn

#school #student #teaching #education

Are you desperate or determined? With desperation comes frustration. With determination comes purpose, achievement, and peace…. ↗

— James A. Murphy

#determination #peace #purpose #life

When you climb a mountain, look to the top and not to the rocks that surround you. Make sure of where you step as you climb, and do not leap, in case you loose your footing. ↗

— Muhammad Adb Al-Rahman Al-Arifi

#life