In their sympathies, children feel nearer animals than adults.

Quote by Jessamyn West

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A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor,...

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor,...

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor...

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor...

If you want a baby, have a new one. Don't baby the old one.

If you want a baby, have a new one. Don't baby the old one.

The West is color. Its colors are animal rather than vegetable, the colors of earth...

The West is color. Its colors are animal rather than vegetable, the colors of earth...

Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.

Experience is what allows us to repeat our mistakes, only with more finesse!

Experience is what allows us to repeat our mistakes, only with more finesse!

Nothing is so dear as what you're about to leave.

Nothing is so dear as what you're about to leave.

It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption...

It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption...

Groan and forget it.

Groan and forget it.

Teaching is the royal road to learning.

Teaching is the royal road to learning.

We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't it is easier to...

We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't it is easier to...

A big iron needle stitching the country together.

A big iron needle stitching the country together.

We can love an honest rogue, but what is more offensive than a false saint?

We can love an honest rogue, but what is more offensive than a false saint?

In my time and neighborhood (and in my soul) there was only one standard by...

In my time and neighborhood (and in my soul) there was only one standard by...

There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The...

There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The...

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor...

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor...

The source of one's joy is also often the source of one's sorrow.

The source of one's joy is also often the source of one's sorrow.

Justice is a terrible but necessary thing.

Justice is a terrible but necessary thing.

A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever.

A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever.

It is very east to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption...

It is very east to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption...