“It is a cruel fact, child. Wisdom comes after the moment when it is most needed.”
“Sometimes one 'needs' to use cleverness and kick wisdom aside.It's not everything that needs the application of wisdom, cleverness has a role to play. Andby the fact that one knows when to use cleverness and kick wisdomaside, is another wisdom of its own.”
“A child needs your love most when he deserves it least”
“There are times in life when I guess you just needed to face facts, and I think that moment was one of those times. I needed to know who and what I was, not just to Acadia, but also to Leif, and myself most of all.”
“One of the most obvious facts about grownups to a child is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child.”
“But without wisdom, imagination is like a cruel taskmaster.”