Do you know why I came to you, Amy? Why I came to be your friend? Because you called to me. Out of your loneliness you called me a...nd brought me into being. And I came, so that your childhood could be bright and full of friendliness. Now you must send me away.... You'll remember me for a while, mourn a little, but then you'll forget. And that is as it should be.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Cedar: Now would you tell the court what everybody at home thinks of Longfellow Deeds? Jane Faulkner: They think he's pixilat...ed. Amy Faulkner: Oh, yes. Pixilated.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a commonplace dauber, so I... don't intend to try any more.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Rome took all the vanity out of me; for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave up all my fooli...sh hopes in despair.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, th...e consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
As a mother I am often confused about how to help my children make wise decisions for themselves. One day I extol the virtues of a... free and open education and the next I tell them they can't watch TV until they finish their homework. One day I tell them to eat what they like, their bodies know intuitively what they need; and the next I say, "Okay, that's it--no more junk food in this house!" I flounder like this because I have no training and very little support for this work and there are days when I'm the one who needs the parenting, even more than they do.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
People always ask us, "Are things better or worse today?" Well, some things are better and some things are worse.... But there are... a lot of problems in the world today that no one dreamed of when we were young. For instance, this business about the environment. Why, clean water was just something you took for granted.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A new talker will often call her caregiver "mommy," which makes parents worry that the child is confused about who is who. She isn...'t. This is a case of limited vocabulary rather than mixed-up identities. When a child has only one word for the female person who takes care of her, calling both of them "mommy" is understandable.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »