Life has loveliness to sell, All beautiful and splendid things, Blue waves whitened on a cliff, Soaring fire that sways and sings,… — Sara Teasdale Copy Share Image
The seals stupidly dive off rocks into swirling black water, barking mindlessly. The zookeepers feed them dead fish. A crowd gathers around… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
I don't think feminism, as I understand the definition, implies the rejection of maternal values, nurturing children, caring about the men in… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
“Oh, and Drew, honey?” The former counselor looked back reluctantly. “In case you think I’m not a true daughter of Aphrodite,” Piper… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Of course all children's literature is not fantastic, so all fantastic books need not be children's books. It is still possible, even… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“ One day is not enough to watch a tree, one life is not enough to love a tree. I wonder when… — Karthikeyan V Copy Share Image
We live in an idiotic capitalist self-indulgent society where the sex life of a pop star is more important than impending starvation,… — Peter Menzel Copy Share Image
During the holidays, I often see my sisters, who still, even after all these years, can't always seem to agree with me.… — W. Bruce Cameron Copy Share Image
~~Letter From daughter To Father~~ It seems as only yesterday you were here with me, and I was sitting with you talking… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Putting that aside, did he even want another child? At all? ever? She thought he did, but now that she considered it,… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
Many of the early greats of sf Hugo Gernsback (publisher of Amazing Stories) in particular saw themselves as educators. The… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
Each year, several million children either die or suffer irreparable developmental defects because of vitamin A deficiency. Countless others are harmed by… — Richard J. Roberts Copy Share Image
Motherhood is about raising and celebrating the child you have, not the child you thought you would have. It's about understanding that… — Joan Ryan Copy Share Image
I went through what I imagine thousands of other women have felt. I told myself to stay calm, to be strong, and… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
Perfect love is rare indeed - for to be a lover will require that you continually have the subtlety of the very… — Leo Buscaglia Copy Share Image
When I was a child, I loved 'The Marble Faun' by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The reason I liked it was because it had… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
“Can't you just see it? Can't you see us with gray hair, sitting at those late night football games. I'll be the… — Jennifer Foor Copy Share Image
“I have good news and I have bad news. The good news is that your house hasn't burned down, you don't have… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
We think the purpose of a child is to grow up because it does grow up. But its purpose is to play,… — Alexander Herzen Copy Share Image
A lot of parents aren't exactly sure how to go about solving a problem with a kid in a way that's mutually… — Ross W. Greene Copy Share Image
Our grandchildren accept us for ourselves, without rebuke or effort to change us, as no one in our entire lives has ever… — Ruth Goode Copy Share Image
“phenomenon. For the child to feel full he must first feel empty, to feel helped the child must first feel in need… — Gordon Neufeld Copy Share Image
“Sharing is equated with being a decent person. That may fit for adults but it is far from fitting for young children.… — Tovah P. Klein Copy Share Image
“Kore’s personal arms were embroidered on the front—on a field gules, a vulture sable vorant a child—a black vulture on a red… — David G. Hartwell Copy Share Image
“Children learn best from the adults they love. They watch carefully to see how you handle your strong emotions. Most of us,… — Mary Sheedy Kurcinka Copy Share Image
My memories of my childhood are wonderful memories. I feel that I was privileged because I grew up in a beautiful city.… — Luca Parmitano Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, violence begets violence. And this is how the war on terrorism seems to be going at this juncture. A lot of… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
We don't need mandatory, non-sectarian prayers read over the loudspeaker to 'put God back in schools.' God never left the schools. God… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
But where do you live mostly now?" With the lost boys." Who are they?" They are the children who fall out of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We hear the ambient noise of children singing. We hear lions and tigers roar. Hyenas laugh. Some jungle bird or howler monkey… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Growing up during the Cold War, I remember the seemingly imminent threat of nuclear war. In primary school we were taught to… — Mike Quigley Copy Share Image
Oddly, the military world is one of great sameness. There is an orderly quality to life on an army base, and even… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
In reading we must become creators. Once the child has learned to read alone, and can pick up a book without illustrations,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As a child, I remember asking my parents when I was five years old, "How come if you are not Zionists, you… — Amira Hass Copy Share Image
I know better than most people that a criminal isn't always a thug in a black leather jacket with a big brand… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Before we got married, I had tremendous ambition. Once we got married and I started having children, then I just thought that… — Eydie Gorme Copy Share Image
Kids today are doing really hard work. Years ago they were involved in anti-apartheid protests. Now there's the whole Occupy movement. Kids… — Terri Hemmert Copy Share Image
Trying to conceal the fact that I was a gay, effeminate, hyperactive, adopted child with a serious lisp in southern Louisiana would… — Kevyn Aucoin Copy Share Image
I wept like a child. It was not because I was overcome at having survived my ordeal, though I was. Nor was… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
Without in any way minimising the economic and psychological blow that people experience when they lose their jobs, the unemployed in affluent… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
