perhaps there is something more than courtesy behind the dissembling reticence of childhood. ... Most artists dislike having their incomplete work considered and discussed and this analogy, I think, is valid. The child is incomplete, too, and is constantly experimenting as he seeks his own style of thought and feeling.
... strong bonds are forged in high emotional temperatures. - Dervla Murphy
... strong bonds are forged in high emotional temperatures.
- Dervla Murphy
poverty denotes a lack of necessities and simplicity a lack of needs. - Dervla Murphy
poverty denotes a lack of necessities and simplicity a lack of needs.
Sunnis consider Shias a pack of unwholesome fanatics and Shias consider Sunnis a gang of lukewarm no-goods - there's nothing like religion for spread… - Dervla Murphy
Sunnis consider Shias a pack of unwholesome fanatics and Shias consider Sunnis a gang of lukewarm no-goods - there's nothing like religion for spread…
... I know a number of Western children who would benefit greatly if only someone were primitive enough to inhibit the development of their personali… - Dervla Murphy
... I know a number of Western children who would benefit greatly if only someone were primitive enough to inhibit the development of their personali…
Buying a bicycle is a momentous event, akin to marriage: you are acquiring a partner. - Dervla Murphy
Buying a bicycle is a momentous event, akin to marriage: you are acquiring a partner.
On my tenth birthday a bicycle and an atlas coincided as presents and a few days later I decided to cycle to India. - Dervla Murphy
On my tenth birthday a bicycle and an atlas coincided as presents and a few days later I decided to cycle to India.
one of the advantages of cycling is that it automatically prevents a journey from becoming an Expedition. - Dervla Murphy
one of the advantages of cycling is that it automatically prevents a journey from becoming an Expedition.
hatred, however apparently justifiable, excusable or inevitable, always damages the hater. - Dervla Murphy
hatred, however apparently justifiable, excusable or inevitable, always damages the hater.
Whatever the theologians might say about heaven being in a state of union with God, I knew it consisted of an infinite library; and eternity was simp… - Dervla Murphy
Whatever the theologians might say about heaven being in a state of union with God, I knew it consisted of an infinite library; and eternity was simp…
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