“The child who has no need to feign empirical knowledge about life can ...” — Michael Leunig Quote

“The child who has no need to feign empirical knowledge about life can wonder and fantasise with great ease. The world is his oyster, or any other thing he wants it to be.”

“As we grow, we lift our gaze higher and higher, and then sometimes we are brought to our knees, but all is not lost; what we find on the ground can be very valuable and precisely what we need.”

“I never really understood who the Magi were as a child. What is a Magi? Not a word I would use, but a magpie I could understand.”

“Sweetheart,' 'darling,' 'luv.' I like these words; they fit me like a comfortable old pullover. I remember them from childhood; that's what innocent little boys were called by cheerful aunties back then, to make them feel welcome and secure in the world.”

“I never had a spirit-breaking, soul-destroying religion drummed into me.”

“I sense that the road to Heaven is paved with dashed hopes.”

“Your child is happy. What else could you want?”

“Going to the gym is something I haven't done regularly since I was a child.”

“You think you know what love is - until you have a child and discover that unconditional mother love.”

“I have loved corsets since I was small. When I was a child, my grandmother took me to an exhibition, and they had a corset on display. I loved the flesh color, the salmon satin, the lace.”

“I was in the seventh grade when I first began to identify as trans and express my gender identity as a girl. My social transition began with growing my hair and wearing clothes and makeup that made me feel like Destiny's Fourth Child.”

“I was the rebel in our family and a child of the eighties. That meant going to the mall.”