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The ages of seven to eleven is a huge chunk of life, full of dulling and forgetting. It is fabled that we slowly lose the gift of speech with animals, that birds no longer visit our windowsills to converse. As our eyes grow accustomed to sight they armour themselves against wonder.

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | Leonard Cohen |

When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music.

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | Denis Diderot |

Each wrong act brings with it its own anesthetic, dulling the conscience and blinding it against further light, and sometimes for years.

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | Rose Macaulay |