Pousada Serra Quotes & Sayings

John Watson, a leading childcare authority in the 1920s, sternly advised parents, 'Never hug and kiss [your children], never let them sit in your lap. If you must, kiss them once on the forehead when they say goodnight. Shake hands with them in the morning.'22 — Yuval Noah Harari

People always think they're in the middle of a revolution while they tend not to realize the enormity of a change that has happened in the past. The telegraph was a revolution, but who looks at it that way these days? The telegraph sped up the transportation of messages over long distances by a huge factor. — Ha-Joon Chang

Because her laughter spurts through a blowhole in the top of her head and sprays all over the morning. — David Mitchell

The male doesn't eat - it doesn't even have a mouth or an anus - so it does nothing but mate until death. — Amy Stewart

You cannot, you cannot use someone else's fire. You can only use your own. And in order to do that, you must first be willing to believe that you have it. — Audre Lorde

The beachcomber goes looking for trouble, everything he finds is a sign of trouble. The writer is the same; without trouble he has nothing to work with, so he picks over the tide line, over the bits and pieces of people's lives with grim fascination. — Tim Winton

I think pregnancy, like life, is what you make it. I received a good hand. I'm thankful and blessed and so peaceful and can't wait to welcome my son. — Mara Brock Akil

At least not until the Terror took hold of him. Not until he saw, night after night, a little boat being rowed across the river. Not until he saw it return at dawn. Not until he saw what his Untouchable son had touched. More than touched.
Enter.
Loved. — Arundhati Roy

Old age is not a total misery. Experience helps. — Euripides

Unfortunately, Lu didn't feel my knee banging into hers, or most likely, she chose to ignore it, since she was too busy gawking and flirting with Tyler. — Kelly Mooney

Once you're comfortable by yourself you learn to be more at ease with others. — Stana Katic

They've been so bloody ruthless that you almost get no choice in the matter. — Kenneth Grange

[G]overnment can, instead of extending freedom, restrict freedom. And note ... that the 'can' quickly becomes 'will' the moment the holders of government power are left to their own devices. This is because of the corrupting influence of power, the natural tendency of men who possess some power to take unto themselves more power. The tendency leads eventually to the acquisition of all power - whether in the hands of one or many makes little difference to the freedom of those left on the outside. — Barry Goldwater

I don't want to see old people doing rap or rock and roll. It makes me cringe. — Grace Slick