“Children have such an innocent view of their world and surroundings; every thought is a garden full of wonder.”

“Develop some intellectual curiosity. If you have it, you will never be bored. If you haven't, cultivate it, hold fast to it. Never let it go. To the intellectually curious, the world will always be full of magic, full of wonder. You will be interesting to your friends, to your spouse, and a joy to your children. You will be alive to all the wonderful possibilities of this world.”

“Children's egocentric tendency to attribute their own view of world to others, only later come to realize that they may have a unique and subjective view of the world too.”

“When we are born we are magical and loving and full of wonder. But darkness and ignorance surround us at every corner. Until the day someone calls us a monster or a devil and we believe them.”

“The truly adult view [...] is that our life is as meaningful, as full and as wonderful as we choose to make it. And we can make it very wonderful indeed.”

“She wondered if this was true of every parent: if, prior to having children, they all used to be someone else.”