He [an earnest young reporter] seemed to share the view of many intelligent, well-educated, well-meaning people that, while adult literature may aim… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
From the time I started teaching, when I was 21, I've always signed my name Bob Knight. My college coach called me… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
As the creative adult needs to toy with ideas, the child, to form his ideas, needs toys--and plenty of leisure and scope… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
The niceties of existence were not a matter of concern, yet everything around was closed down most of the time. If you… — Paul Samuelson Copy Share Image
Kids enjoy laughing and are seldom bored when they find something funny. They also ask questions, often to adults, because they understand… — Brian P. Cleary Copy Share Image
Soon, he would become an adult. And when he did, there would be not going back because adulthood was akin to what… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
You have to convince the adults that if a child is to learn his culture, he or she will have to see… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
One of the things that defines YA is a really strong narrative. Adults love YA because, at the end of the day,… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
If you throw the baby away, that's garbage. But no, the heart's precious. You could get something, you could save a life.… — Greg Gutfeld Copy Share Image
We are accustomed to repeating the cliché, and to believing, that 'our most precious resource is our children.' But we have plenty… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
I have an identity crisis which is not resolved because I'm a dual citizen. My whole family is American, and I was… — Emily Haines Copy Share Image
I sometimes ask myself how it came about that I was the one to develop the theory of relativity. The reason, I… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
In our imaginations the adults of our childhood remain extreme, essential - we might say radical since they are the roots that… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
In my books my characters experience things as they are. My books allow youth an honest look at important issues affecting them.… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
Kindness is about energy we give and take from all creatures. The bottom line is the integrative interaction and the total interconnectedness… — Jean Maalouf Copy Share Image
I’m sure there’s some self-help cheese-ball book about the gray area, but I’ve been having this conversation with my friends who are… — Justin Timberlake Copy Share Image
Writing for adults, you have to keep reminding them of what is going on. The poor things have given up using their… — Diana Wynne Jones Copy Share Image
“The daily routine of most adults is so heavy and artificial that we are closed off to much of the world. We… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
He feared me as many men fear women: because their mistresses (or their wives) understand them. They are scarcely adult, some men:… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
Perhaps a modern society can remain stable only by eliminating adolescence, by giving its young, from the age of ten, the skills,… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Children are loving, they don't gossip, they don't complain, they're just openhearted. They're ready for you. They don't judge. They don't see… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
I wish that the adults who are 'in power' cared more about what their children read. Books are incredibly powerful when we… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
The idea that we could have a child who escapes from the confines of the adult world and goes somewhere where he… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
We have been deformed by educational and religious institutions that treat us as members of an audience instead of actors in a… — Parker Palmer Copy Share Image
In middle school, we are all so damn insecure. It was the worst time for me, really destructive, like slapping myself across… — Nikki Reed Copy Share Image
Adamson feels that drug developers are unreasonably concerned about rare events. The reality is children tolerate phase I therapy new agents being… — Peter Adamson Copy Share Image
If ever there was a holiday that deserves to be commercialized, it's Halloween. We haven't taken it away from kids. We've just… — Cassandra Peterson Copy Share Image
We tend to think of orphans as being the protagonist of stories we read when we're kids, and yet here you are:… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I was brought up in the shadow of the Holocaust. My mother lost most of her family, and I didn't realize how… — Naomi Benaron Copy Share Image
So when you go to sleep at night, if you're someone who hasn't had any sleep deprivation, you have a very normal… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
Real life this fdar had taught me that in the adult world, fate was chaotic and uncertain. Guidelines for success were arbitrary.… — Ethan Gilsdorf Copy Share Image
My dream is to make families a place where adults with high self esteem can develop. I think we have reached a… — Virginia Satir Copy Share Image
I was raised on government cheese. As an adult, in my first marriage, my husband and I worked real hard just to… — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
Raising minimum wage doesn't just benefit the workers behind me, it creates a proven ripple effect that increases wages all the way… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Racing cars which have been converted for road use never really work. It's like making a hard core adult film, and then… — Jeremy Clarkson Copy Share Image
You don't need Little League. You don't even need nine kids. Four is plenty-a pitcher, a batter, and a couple of shaggers.… — Yogi Berra Copy Share Image
I'm not reading any kind of fantasy [for young adults] or Hunger Games or anything like that. It's more just like geeks… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
As you become an adult, shame gets introduced and reintroduced constantly to you. So where something that, to a child, just is… — Justin Torres Copy Share Image
As an adult after college and as an artist I thought about what was real, what sustained me - it was Christian… — Alfre Woodard Copy Share Image
I never really had that father figure to look up to. I think that's the reason I'm so ambitious. I felt like… — Jesse Metcalfe Copy Share Image
![“He [an earnest young reporter] seemed to share the view of many intelligent, well-educated, well-meaning people that, while adult literature may aim to be art, the object of children's books is to whip the little rascals into shape.” quote by Katherine Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/2cf/katherine-paterson-2365_adults_he-an-earnest-young-reporter-seemed-to-s_6101.png)
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