Quote of the Day for 2016-08-22

"When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of Hell. That is why we dread children, even if we love them. They show us the state of our decay."

— Brian Aldiss (1925-    ) "Brian Aldiss, in 2015, looks back on today," The Guardian (August 18, 1971)

Albert Einstein refusing to smile for photographer Arthur Sasse on the famous physicist's 72nd birthday (March 14, 1951)

Quote of the Day for 2016-05-23

"I remember I used to half believe and wholly play with fairies when I was a child. What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood, tempered and balanced by knowledge and common-sense."

— Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) Journal entry (November 17, 1896)

Letter to three year old Eric Moore, one of the children of Potter's last governess, Annie Carter-Moore (August 21, 1892)

Quote of the Day for 2015-11-05

"What is childhood but a series of happy delusions."

— Sydney Smith (1771-1845) Quoted by Lady Saba Holland in A Memoir of the Rev. Sydney Smith

Promotional image from The Truman Show starring Jim Carrey (1998)