Children appeal to us by a variant of the quality of pathos.
Alice Meynell
Orion's Cold Fire
All the Secrets of the Universe and Some Really Important Stuff Too!
All the Secrets of the Universe and Some Really Important Stuff Too!
Children appeal to us by a variant of the quality of pathos.
Alice Meynell
“Delusions are often functional. A mother’s opinions about her children’s beauty, intelligence, goodness, et cetera ad nauseam, keep her from drowning them at birth.”
— Robert A. Heinlein
It makes you wonder what his nieces and nephews had to say about Uncle Bob.