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Quote by Anne Sullivan
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 am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up on the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think. – Anne Sullivan

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Education
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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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sad
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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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Knowledge
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Always kiss your children goodnight, even if theyre already asleep. – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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I had no idea that mothering my own child would be so healing to my own sadness from my childhood. – Susie Bright

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I came to parenting the way most of us do – knowing nothing and trying to learn everything. – Mayim Bialik

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What feeling is so nice as a childs hand in yours? So small, so soft and warm, like a kitten huddling in the shelter of your clasp. – Marjorie Holmes

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