Woodenness Quotes

Rectilinearity and one-sidedness, woodenness and petrification, subjectivism and subjective blindness - voilà the epistemological roots of idealism. (Vladimir Lenin)
To be a child is something one learns, as one learns the names of rivers or the kings of France. Childhood, for a child, is a sort of falseness, woodenness, stoniness, a lesson recited. Many children are aware of this - that is, aware of being children as a special, prosy condition: "We can't do that! We're children!" Playing children is a long boring game with occasional exciting moments. View quote
Mary McCarthy