He was being about as protective as a can-opener.
How true it is that men live for Things and women for People!
There's nothing you can't prove if your outlook is only sufficiently limited.
this is the weakness of most 'edifying' or 'propaganda' literature. There is no diversity...You cannot, in fact, give God His due without giving the devil his due also.
The only Christian work is good work, well done
What we ask is to be human individuals, however peculiar and unexpected. It is no good saying: "You are a little girl and therefore you ought to like dolls"; if the answer is, "But I don't," there is no more to be said.