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The world is not always a kind place. That’s something all children learn for themselves, whether we want them to or not, but it’s something they really need our help to understand.

Fred Rogers (1928–2003) American educator, minister, songwriter, television host ["Mister Rogers"]
You Are Special (1994)
 
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A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) American poet
“Table-Talk,” Drift-wood (1857)
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See Howell (1659).
 
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