a child Quotes

“In nature, a child finds freedom, fantasy, and privacy: a place distant from the adult world, a separate peace.”

“It was, I realized, a child of about twelve, with a dark fringe and a bowl-shaped haircut. His face was round, and his smooth skin tanned a deep brown. He had a long, slender neck.”

’Till at last the child’s mind is these suggestions, and the sum of the suggestions is the child’s mind. And not the child’s mind only. The adult’s mind too--all his life long. The mind that judges and desires and decides--made up of these suggestions. But all these suggestions are our suggestions!