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5b2b0dd Kids think with their brains cracked wide open; becoming an adult, I've decided, is only a slow sewing shut. wonder narrow-mindedness open-mindedness growing-up Jodi Picoult
e658818 What is always needed in the appreciation of art, or life, is the larger perspective. Connections made, or at least attempted, where none existed before, the straining to encompass in one's glance at the varied world the common thread, the unifying theme through immense diversity, a fearlessness of growth, of search, of looking, that enlarges the private and the public world. And yet, in our particular society, it is the narrowed and narrowing view of life that often wins existence courage life narrow-mindedness open-mindedness perspective growth society Alice Walker
0a14178 If there was an elephant in the supermarket, she'd either not see it at all, or call it Mrs Jones and talk about fishcakes. blinkered narrow-mindedness small-minded environment ignorance expectations Jeanette Winterson