I must take issue with the term 'a mere child,' for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the value of children's company over that of adults, challenging the perception of childhood as insignificant.
In this quote, Fran Lebowitz reflects on the idea that children possess a unique perspective and authenticity that can often surpass that of adults. She argues against the dismissive term 'a mere child,' suggesting that the simplicity and honesty of children make their companionship far more enriching and preferable than that of adults, who may become weighed down by complexity and societal expectations.
In practice
In a speech about children's role in society, one could use this quote to highlight the importance of valuing their opinions.
Your responsibility as a parent is not as great as you might imagine. You need not supply the world with the next conqueror of disease or major motion picture star. If your child simply grows up to be someone who does not use the word "collectible" as a noun, you can consider yourself an unqualified success.
You should make it hard on yourself to write so you’re easier to read.
Special-interest publications should realize that if they are attracting enough advertising and readers to make a profit, the interest is not so special.
I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave with anything other than courtesy in the old sense of the word - politeness of the heart, a gentleness of the spirit.
Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.
I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind.
Fare forward, travellers! not escaping from the past_x000D_ _x000D_ Into different lives, or into any future;_x000D_ _x000D_ You are not the same people who left that station_x000D_ _x000D_ Or who will arrive at any terminus,_x000D_ _x000D_ While the narrowing rails slide together behind you.
Any man's life, told truly, is a novel.
The more I learn about God, the more aware I become of what I don’t know about him.
Value is the most invincible and impalpable of ghosts, and comes and goes unthought of, while the visible and dense matter remains as it was.
We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove.
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