Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.
We envy people who are extremely old because we wish to live that long, not because we want to be that old.
The day she was born,her grandfather made her a ring of silver and a polished stone, because he loved her already.
In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent.