“It is one of those lessons that every child should learn: Don't play with fire, sharp objects, or ancient artifacts.”

“The first lesson every child of Athena learned: Mom was the best at everything, and you should never, suggest otherwise.”

“To be a child is something one learns, as one learns the names of rivers or the kings of France. Childhood, for a child, is a sort of falseness, woodenness, stoniness, a lesson recited. Many children are aware of this — that is, aware of being children as a special, prosy condition: "We can't do that! We're children!" Playing children is a long boring game with occasional exciting moments.”

“Well," I said. "If you need me, I'll be outside, playing with sharp objects.”

“You can't cling to the side your whole life, that one lesson every parent needs to teach a child is "If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim”

“Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain.”

“We don't live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other. And I tell you that the time will soon come when if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish. Good night.”

“The only moral lesson which is suited for a child--the most important lesson for every time of life--is this: 'Never hurt anybody.”

“The first thing every mage should learn is that magic makes fools of us. Now you may call yourself a mage. You have learned the most important lesson.”

“There are no lessons so useful as those learned in the school of affliction.”