With a few exceptions, the critics of children's books are remarkably lenient souls… Most of us assume there is something goodin every… — Katharine Sergeant Angell White Copy Share Image
I've learnt an enormous amount from my children. Mostly that my agenda isn't the most important thing in the world. For a… — Toby Stephens Copy Share Image
My mother has never approved of high heels. As a result, I have never been able to walk in high heels -… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
God calls all of his children to the table. We can disagree and even say a lot of hateful things, but what… — Gene Robinson Copy Share Image
“Ever since I was a child I have been a strong believer in the principle that to under-stand how anything works you… — David Amerland Copy Share Image
That we have children coming into this world already polluted, at the same time we don't know what the effects of that… — Louise Slaughter Copy Share Image
A painter told me that nobody could draw a tree without in some sort becoming a tree; or draw a child by… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“To see the value of a library, ignore the adults. Find an inquisitive child who doesn't have an iPhone yet, take them… — Josh Hanagarne Copy Share Image
I was very, very unhappy with even the so-called very elite schools. The one thing I've always done every day with my… — Marva Collins Copy Share Image
Sometimes [people] say the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree. In my case, I am pretty fortunate. [ My kids]'re… — Nikki Sixx Copy Share Image
To thousands of elder women in the late sixties and early seventies [the private women's club movement] came like a new gospel… — Laura E. Richards Copy Share Image
That is the problem with this rich and anguished generation. Somewhere a long time ago they fell in love with the idea… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
'Eat my flesh,' Jesus says, 'and drink my blood.' The Lord supplies us with these intimate nutrients, he delivers over his flesh… — Clement of Alexandria Copy Share Image
I'm very excited about creating my own cereal box. I get to live out a childhood dream and help support the incredible… — Alvin Kamara Copy Share Image
My father... very generous, very philanthropic, very charitable man. My siblings and I and my mother continue with always appreciating and always… — Steve Tisch Copy Share Image
What brings a real and lasting joy is our relationships with God, and our love for His other children He has put… — Lindsey Stirling Copy Share Image
Theater is definitely something that, through the course of my childhood and even in college, I enjoyed participating in. I would love… — Jennifer Nettles Copy Share Image
For beautiful eyes seek out the good in people, for pretty lips only speak words of kindness, for beautiful hair let a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Children deprived of words become school dropouts; dropouts deprived of hope behave delinquently. Amateur censors blame delinquency on reading immoral books and… — Peter S. Jennison Copy Share Image
“Dust in a cloud, blinding weather, Drums that rattle and roar! A mother and daughter stood together Beside their cottage door. 'Mother,… — Robert Graves Copy Share Image
“There is nothing so stupid or dangerous or painful that people won’t eagerly do it, if by doing it they will make… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Children's literature is considerably more functional than a good portion of adult literature. If I were cynical, I might say: Children's books… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
“No, Roger had not seen the funny side. But there had been a moment when, after looking at his watch, he had… — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
I've always said that you were too smart to have a profession. Smart people are hopeless in the face of anything actual.… — Heidi Julavits Copy Share Image
Three of my childhood dreams went unfulfilled. I never saw a no-hitter, never saw a triple play, and never caught a ball… — Thomas Hauser Copy Share Image
There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness and delivers a long, pleased speech in… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
“As Red Buffalo disappeared into the darkness, Hunter’s hand, which was riding Loretta’s thickened waist, tightened. He glanced down, his brows lifting… — Catherine Anderson Copy Share Image
If she'd spaced her children out and had eleven babies in eleven years, she would have been no better than her own… — Sheri Holman Copy Share Image
I never did understand what my mom tried to say, I was a troubled kid, A problem child rather, I wish I… — Cody Joseph Copy Share Image
If I had a child who wanted to be a teacher, I would bid him Godspeed as if he were going to… — James Hilton Copy Share Image
“In the past, he had never questioned the fact that he was a prince; like the fact that he was the child… — Nahoko Uehashi Copy Share Image
Business in a certain sort of men is a mark of understanding, and they are honored for it. Their souls seek repose… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Listen carefully, my child, to your master's precepts, and incline the ear of your heart. Receive willingly and carry out effectively your… — Benedict of Nursia Copy Share Image
“Wrong is wrong. Wrong is out there and lives among us. When do you get tired of voting for the lesser of… — Annie Berdel Copy Share Image
Peace is the first thing the angels sang. Peace is the mark of the children of God. Peace is the nurse of… — Pope Leo I Copy Share Image
“So I ask you: whose job is it in this country to wake up comatose parents? Someone better do it soon because… — Jim Trelease Copy Share Image
I can truly say, after an experience of seventy years, that all the cares and anxieties, the trials and disappointments of my… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
“Living with the “raw gem” of a persistent child is not easy. To tell these kids no, to thwart their efforts, is… — Mary Sheedy Kurcinka Copy Share Image
I think the main thing is trying to be fair, sometimes there has to be a little bit of discipline, maybe even… — Archie Manning Copy Share Image
“Apparently something nasty happened to him in the woodshed when he was a child and subsequently he’s always been emotionally fragile.’ Cat… — Lesley Truffle Copy Share Image
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