He's convinced most human adults do not know how to play anymore and that playing is one of the best ways to think. Franky finds children, by far, much more pleasant and intelligent than most adults, but they are easily ruined by their families, schools, and society. He says one of the ways they are ruined is by being forced to think of all the tasks that need to be done as work, not as play. It takes the joy out of living.
Movement is most of what a bird is. When they're dead, they're only feathers and air. - William Wharton
Movement is most of what a bird is. When they're dead, they're only feathers and air.
- William Wharton
Things come apart much easier than they go together. - William Wharton
Things come apart much easier than they go together.
There's no end to the absurd things people will do trying to make life mean something. - William Wharton
There's no end to the absurd things people will do trying to make life mean something.
People can't fly because they don't believe they can. If nobody ever showed people they could swim, everybody'd drown if they were dropped into the w… - William Wharton
People can't fly because they don't believe they can. If nobody ever showed people they could swim, everybody'd drown if they were dropped into the w…
What is love? As far as I can tell, it is passion, admiration and respect. If you have two, you have enough. If you have all three, you don't have to… - William Wharton
What is love? As far as I can tell, it is passion, admiration and respect. If you have two, you have enough. If you have all three, you don't have to…
The first time I flew, it was being alive. Nothing was pressing under me. I was living in the fullness of air; air all around me, no holding place to… - William Wharton
The first time I flew, it was being alive. Nothing was pressing under me. I was living in the fullness of air; air all around me, no holding place to…
It occurs to me one evening as I'm feeding the birds that all I did was put two birds in the aviary, some food and water and nothing else and now the… - William Wharton
It occurs to me one evening as I'm feeding the birds that all I did was put two birds in the aviary, some food and water and nothing else and now the…
Love is a combination of admiration, respect, and passion. If you have one of those going, that's par for the course. If you have two, you aren't qui… - William Wharton
Love is a combination of admiration, respect, and passion. If you have one of those going, that's par for the course. If you have two, you aren't qui…
Not many people are interested in what somebody else is thinking, or what they have to say. The best you can hope for is they'll listen to you just s… - William Wharton
Not many people are interested in what somebody else is thinking, or what they have to say. The best you can hope for is they'll listen to you just s…
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