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Guus Kuijer Quotes

Do you know how happiness begins? It begins with no longer being afraid.

Do you know how happiness begins? It begins with no longer being afraid.

Guus Kuijer
Know How, Being Afraid, Knows
Guus Kuijer (2012). “The Book of Everything”, p.22, Scholastic Inc.

The angels in heaven covered their eyes with their hands and sobbed loudly, because that is what they always do when a man hits his wife. A profound sadness settled over the earth...God was silent in every language. The angels tried to dry their tears, but their handkerchiefs were so soaked through that is started raining even in the deserts.

Guus Kuijer
Rain, Sadness, Eye

Father was afraid of laughter and joy. He was particularly afraid of ridicule. He was afraid that someone would say that humans are descended from apes. Or that the earth is much older than four thousand years. Or that someone would ask where Noah go his polar bears from. Or that someone would swear. Father was terrified.

Guus Kuijer
Laughter, Fear, Father
Guus Kuijer (2012). “The Book of Everything”, p.77, Scholastic Inc.

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