Life's Fresh Canvas

“Because children grow up, we think a child's purpose is to grow up. But a child's purpose is to be a child.

Nature doesn't disdain what lives only for a day or two. It pours the whole of itself into each moment. Life's bounty is in its present flow, and children are ever present.

Children arrive fresh to engage the world now.. Later is always too late to live.”

―Tom Stoppard

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“Childhood is not from birth to a certain age. Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies.”

―Edna St. Vincent Millay

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“Think for a minute, darling: in fairy tales it's always the children who have the fine adventures. The mothers have to stay at home and wait for the children to fly in the window.”

―Audrey Niffenegger

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