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There's no idea that can't be explained to a thoughtful 14-year-old. If the thoughtful 14-year-old doesn't get it, it is your fault, not the 14-year-old's.

There's no idea that can't be explained to a thoughtful 14-year-old. If the thoughtful 14-year-old doesn't get it, it is your fault, not the 14-year-old's.

Malcolm Gladwell
Thoughtful, Years, Ideas
Goodreads Interview, www.goodreads.com. December, 2008.

My highest compliment is when someone comes up to me to say, "My 14-year-old daughter, or my 12-year-old son read your book and loved it." I cannot conceive of a greater compliment than that - to write something that as an adult I find satisfying, but also that manages to reach a curious 13- or 14-year-old.

Malcolm Gladwell
Daughter, Book, Writing
Goodreads interview, www.goodreads.com. December, 2008.

The difference between a crime of evil and a crime of illness is the difference between a sin and a symptom.

Malcolm Gladwell
Differences, Evil, Sin
Malcolm Gladwell (2009). “What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures”, p.140, Hachette UK

The face is not a secondary billboard for our internal feelings. It is an equal partner in the emotional process.

Malcolm Gladwell
Emotional, Feelings, Faces
Malcolm Gladwell (2007). “Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking”, p.111, Hachette UK

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