Logo
The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they e

The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience, do we ever reach a plane of detachment regarding our parents, however wise and old we may become. To pretend otherwise is to cheat. – John le Carre

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Experience
category

Experience is what you get while looking for something else. – Federico Fellini

Category:
Experience

He who has been bitten by a snake fears a piece of string. – Proverb

Category:
Experience

Ive always enjoyed traveling and having experience with different cultures and different people. But its also a wonderful thing to be able to benefit and enable research, not only in our country but around the world. – Laurel Clark

Category:
Experience

You dont cheat anybody out of their experience, whatever it is. – Andre Agassi

Category:
Experience

Random Quotes

I started my cooking career aged 15, almost 20 years ago. At the time it was quite a shock suddenly working 75 to 80 hours a week, without time to play football or other sports. – Rene Redzepi

Category:
Sports

Societies need rules that make no sense for individuals. For example, it makes no difference whether a single car drives on the left or on the right. But it makes all the difference when there are many cars! – Marvin Minsky

Category:
car

Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a classification, and that all classifications are oppressive. – Roland Barthes

Category:
power

See, my hope and dream is that people have a good time watching basketball. Its not church. Its not serious. – Charles Barkley

Category:
Hope