"Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day."
-Dag Hammarskjold
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"Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.“
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"The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form?"
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