In books I find the dead as if they were alive; in books I foresee things to come; in books warlike affairs… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Some parents place undue priority on temporal and material possessions. Some are far less diligent in their efforts to immerse their children… — Quentin L. Cook Copy Share Image
I've spent some time in North and Central Queensland, in fact as recently as yesterday I was in Rockhampton, where the seat… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
Christmas turns things tail-end foremost. The day and the spirit of Christmas rearrange the world parade. As the world arranges it, usually… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
“My father has the proper degrees and framed pictures on the walls, though they're mostly taped over with photos of children, family… — Alex McKeithen Copy Share Image
If we can love our children, in spite of the messes they make; our mother, in spite of her tendency to nag;… — Glen Rambharack Copy Share Image
I have great faith in 'ordinary parents.' Who has a child's welfare more at heart than his ordinary parent? It's been my… — Haim Ginott Copy Share Image
The creator of the heavens obeys a carpenter; the God of eternal glory listens to a poor virgin. Has anyone ever witnessed… — Anthony of Padua Copy Share Image
“Maybe I'll have a tumour like his someday. At first it will be a small but growing sphere that will branch out,… — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
When your story is ready for rewrite, cut it to the bone. Get rid of every ounce of excess fat. This is… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I was a middle child. I grew up in Brooklyn with three sisters and a brother. You know what that means: everybody… — Richard Parsons Copy Share Image
As a child I was taught that to tell the truth was often painful. As an adult I have learned that not… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
“What'll Geoffrey do when you pull off your First, my child?" demanded Miss Haydock. "Well, Eve -- it will be awkward if… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
I was driven, as have been many writers, both by a repulsion of the childhood home's narrow confines and a desire to… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
If there's anything to be said in a broad way about different audiences it's that I live in a major city, and… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
“The moment you have to recruit people to put another person down, in order to convince someone of your value is the… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Why give chemotherapy or even antibiotics to people with end-stage Alzheimer's disease? Keep them pain free and clean, love them but don't… — Richard Lamm Copy Share Image
“Murder: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language defines it as “the unlawful killing of one human being by another, especially… — Deborah Spungen Copy Share Image
God extends his grace to his people (and mankind in general) when he destroys the wicked, because in destroying the wicked, he… — Andrew Sandlin Copy Share Image
“I don't really know them, but I know this: they're just like your kids were. Or are. Sweet, trusting, good in ways… — Sabrina Vourvoulias Copy Share Image
My childhood was influenced by the roles my father played in his movies. Whether Abraham Lincoln or Tom Joad in the 'Grapes… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
In The Deep End, you have a woman who looks like a J. Crew mother who can manage it all. Then we… — Tilda Swinton Copy Share Image
Even though it was a start-up with fewer than 20 people, and I was pregnant with my first child, the best decision… — Susan Wojcicki Copy Share Image
“Without you, African mother, there would have been no us--African fathers, sons and daughters. Do we need to say any more African… — Yosef A.A. Ben-Jochannan Copy Share Image
“We may also discover that sexual abuse helps to explain the high prevalence rates of eating disorders among women and may lend… — Karen A. Duncan Copy Share Image
Sometimes people ask me to do stuff in New York, like "Can you read at this thing?" And I say, "Nooo, I… — Victoria Chang Copy Share Image
“The next message was from my mom. “What in the hell do I have to do to get my children to call… — Renee Carlino Copy Share Image
The biggest pieces of work that we do are vaccines, because those save lives, and also family planning. Because if a woman… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
To maintain a youthful mind, write down two or three things you can do that are totally childlike, such as eating an… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“I have always been tormented by the image of multiplicity of selves. Some days I call it richness, and other days I… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
“Every day and every hour, every minute, walk round yourself and watch yourself, and see that your image is a seemly one.… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
As a child of God, your destiny, if you work hard enough and are faithful, is to become like Him. That means… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
“He had given work to a nightwalker named Dorothy Evans and gradually became beguiled by her. She was a plump, pretty, cattleman's… — Ron Hansen Copy Share Image
“Weston: Look at my outlook. You don't envy it, right? Wesley: No. Weston: That's because it's full of poison. Infected. And you… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
One of the truly horrible things about the Holocaust is that it doesn't end in 1945. It keeps affecting our lives in… — Mark Kurlansky Copy Share Image
“Desford said abruptly: "How old are you, my child? Sixteen? Seventeen?" "Oh, no, I am much older than that!" she replied. "I'm… — Georgette Heyer Copy Share Image
“We have books and films where mice and hobbits and dwarves and children can save the world, and that's perfectly acceptable. But… — Ash Gray Copy Share Image
For only as we ourselves, as adults, actually move and have our being in the state of love, can we be appropriate… — Joseph Chilton Pearce Copy Share Image
I have a good memory for early life. My visual memory is good about childhood and adolescence, and less good in the… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
My father was an army officer who left the forces when I was six and never really fitted back into civilian life.… — Monty Don Copy Share Image
