#lit

Fairy tales in childhood are stepping stones throughout life, leading the way through trouble and trial. The value of fairy tales lies not in a brief literary escape from reality, but in the gift of hope that goodness truly is more powerful than evil and that even the darkest reality can lead to a Happily Ever After. Do not take that gift of hope lightly. It has the power to conquer despair in the midst of sorrow, to light the darkness in the valleys of life, to whisper “One more time” in the face of failure. Hope is what gives life to dreams, making the fairy tale the reality. ↗

— L.R. Knost

#fairy-tales #literacy #dreams

Some people have much more pull than other people. But when I say that the public has ultimate responsibility, I'm not saying it in a moral sense. I'm just saying it in the sense of what is it that's really going to bring change. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#change #going #i #just #moral

I've worked very hard in this book to keep the lines of communication open. I don't want to turn someone away from this information for partisan political reasons. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#book #communication #hard #i #information

Take air quality in the United States today: It's about 30 percent better than it was 25 years ago, even though there are now more people driving more cars. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#ago #air #better #cars #driving

The main thing that gives me hope is the media. We have radio, TV, magazines, and books, so we have the possibility of learning from societies that are remote from us, like Somalia. We turn on the TV and see what blew up in Iraq or we see conditions in Afghanistan. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#blew #books #conditions #gives #hope

I think probably Australians have just a little more taste than most people. ↗

— Neil Diamond

#i #i think #just #little #more

I used to go to my kids' soccer games and I was the only parent who wasn't screaming, because I'd have to do a show that night. It was hard. Moms and dads get more emotional at those soccer and Little League games than at a professional game. ↗

— Neil Diamond

#dads #emotional #game #games #get

To love is so startling it leaves little time for anything else. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#else #leaves #little #little time #love

I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#could #determination #diligence #done #habits

In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt, as injustice. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#children #existence #felt #finely #injustice