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Its a great mistake, I think, to put children off with falsehoods

Its a great mistake, I think, to put children off with falsehoods and nonsense, when their growing powers of observation and discrimination excite in them a desire to know about things. – Anne Sullivan

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I have thought about it a great deal, and the more I think, the more certain I am that obedience is the gateway through which knowledge, yes, and love, too, enter the mind of the child. – Anne Sullivan

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We all like stories that make us cry. Its so nice to feel sad when youve nothing in particular to feel sad about. – Anne Sullivan

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We criticize mothers for closeness. We criticize fathers for distance. How many of us have expected less from our fathers and appreciated what they gave us more? How many of us always let them off the hook? – Ellen Goodman

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