Every child needs to have for itself not only its loving parents and siblings and friends of its own age, but a grown-up friend.
Interpretation
Children benefit from having relationships with both peers and adults for guidance and support.
This quote emphasizes the importance of children's social development by highlighting that they need connections not only with their family and peers but also with mature individuals. Such grown-up friendships can provide wisdom, support, and a different perspective, enriching the childβs experience of the world around them.
In practice
A teacher might use this quote to encourage parental involvement in a child's education.
Could it be ... that the hero is one who is willing to set out, take the first step, shoulder something? Perhaps the hero is one who puts his foot upon a path not knowing what he may expect from life but in some way feeling in his bones that life expects something of him.
Don't you know that everybody's got a Fairyland of their own?
My father died when I was 7. I was his favorite child, and he was my beloved father. I brought him along with me all through my life. Every elderly man has a bit of my father in him for me.
For me there are no answers, only questions, and I am grateful that the questions go on and on. I don't look for an answer, because I don't think there is one. I'm very glad to be the bearer of a question.
I'm not convinced about marriage. Divorce is so easy, and that fact that gay people are not allowed to marry takes much of the meaning out of it. Committing yourself to one person is sacred.
Forgiving does not usually happen at once. It is a process, sometimes a long one, especially when it comes to wounds gouged deep. And we must expect some lapses...some people seem to manage to finish off forgiving in one swoop of the heart. But when they do, you can bet they are forgiving flesh wounds. Deeper cuts take more time and can use a second coat.
The worth of a human being lies in the ability to extend oneself, to go outside oneself, to exist in and for other people.
If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember.
What do you say? There really are no words for that. There really aren't. Somebody tries to say, 'I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.' People say that to me. There's no language for it. Sorry doesn't do it. I think you should just hug people and mop their floor or something.
I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.
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