“Adults, I understand, have many faults, they are not perfect – even though they have lived longer, even though they offer themselves as examples to children. They are larger, that is certain, and size has an unearned authority. But they are easily influenced, and they can be easily swayed.”

“Adults, I understand, have many faults, they are not perfect – even though they have lived longer, even though they offer themselves as examples to children. They are larger, that is certain, and size has an unearned authority. But they are easily influenced, and they can be easily swayed.”

— Edward Carey