The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. There are only individual egos, crazy for love.
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Inside every adult there's still a child that lingers. We're happiness merchants - giving people the opportunity to dream like children.
Children are not only innocent and curious but also optimistic and joyful and essentially happy. They are, in short, everything adults wish they could be.
All children are born pure egoists. They perceive their needs to the exclusion of all others. Only through socialization do they learn that some forms of gratification must be deferred and others denied.
As kids, our experiences shape our opinions of ourselves and the world around us, and that's who we become as adults.
I think that inside every adult is the heart of a child. We just gradually convince ourselves that we have to act more like adults.
Kids love watching adults act like children. It's that spirit they can relate to.
Part of our responsibility as parents, as adults, is to set examples for children. But we have to like children in order to be really happy fulfilled adults.
There's love, and certainly children you care about more than yourself. But nevertheless, we're alone in our heads.
To be honest, I think kids have got a lot more going on than adults. They've got their heads screwed on a lot better.
I, for one, love kids in my romance novels. When done right, kids add so much conflict. Not just of the 'interruption on the way to the bedroom' variety. But conflict about commitment and insecurity.
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