You said I could be anything I wanted when I was older', I said.
She smiled and said, 'And you can be. But it's not very easy to become Jewish.'
'I know,' I said forlornly, 'I need a number.'
And she suddenly stopped smiling.
Tags: wisdom reality children sadness
I saw something I could never forget. I saw lifetimes of acknowledgement, fear, wisdom, questioning, and understanding in a child's eye. It was the worst thing I would ever witness.
Shannon A. ThompsonTags: fear wisdom innocence questioning understanding life-lessons acknowledgement life-loss
Quinn sat back down. He leaned forward, elbows on knees. "Man, don't you remember taking tests in school? Multiple choice: A, B, C, D, or E, all of the above.
"Yeah?"
"Dude, sometimes the answer is 'all of the above.' This places needs you. And it needs Astrid. And it needs Sam. It's all of the above, Albert.
Tags: wisdom quinn gone-series tests
If toes had eyes,
then I could see
how my feet know where to go,
but toes are blind.
And how is it that my tongue
speaks words it cannot hear?
Because for all its eloquence,
the tongue itself is deaf,
and flaps in soundlessness.
We are as we are. How can you claim to know what life I was meant to lead, let alone threaten to force me into it? All your quibbling is nonsense. As well forbid your nose to snuff, or your ears to hear. We are as we do.
Robin HobbTags: wisdom life inspirational nighteyes robin-hobb farseer-trilogy royal-assassin
I feared my own kind more than anything the natural world could ever threaten me with.
Robin HobbTags: fear wisdom nature mankind fitz robin-hobb assassin-s-quest
We all need a daily checkup from the neck up to avoid stinkin' thinkin' which ultimately leads to hardening of the attitudes.
Zig ZiglarTags: wisdom
Never let anyone get the worst of you. For you too will become just like them
Bradley ShutterTags: wisdom life truth philosophy character
With wisdom comes responsibility. Somewhere along the way, I misplaced both.
I.E. CastellanoTags: wisdom thought-provoking
Great men and women are not extraordinary people who do extraordinary things. They are ordinary people who do ordinary things with integrity.
Jayce O'NealTags: wisdom jayce-oneal
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