Who said “Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.”?

“Children are the keys of paradise.”

“There's no sinner like a young saint.”

“Where children are, there is a golden age.”

“Children are given us to discourage our better emotions.”

“When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.”

“Life loves the liver of it.”

“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.”

“At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.”

“A bizarre sensation pervades a relationship of pretense. No truth seems true. A simple morning's greeting and response appear loaded with innuendo and fraught with implications. Each nicety becomes more sterile and each withdrawal more permanent.”

“I believe that every person is born with talent.”

“The need for change bulldozed road down the center of my mind.”