“In his play he is no longer an onlooker merely; he is a part of the busy world of adults. He is… — Caroline Pratt Copy Share Image
“Like a child, I close my eyes as if they can't see me either. The fire from the kiss broadcasts itself all… — Anna Banks Copy Share Image
“But the child grows up, and reaches adolescence. He stands on the threshold of life, and the school-bench is left behind him.… — Lyubov Dostoyevskaya Copy Share Image
I remember as a young child, during one of my frequent trips to the local library, spending hours looking at book after… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
Many times, a child's struggle against hunger begins before he or she is born because the mother is undernourished. Making sure prenatal… — Hector Elizondo Copy Share Image
[Madness] happened so frequently. I think what I was most maddest about - and it's in the book [Speaking Freely: A Memoir]… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Roger stooped, picked up a stone, aimed and threw it at Henry-threw it to miss. The stone, that token of preposterous time,… — William Golding Copy Share Image
Confront a child, a puppy, and a kitten with a sudden danger; the child will turn instinctively for assistance, the puppy will… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If Christians continue to rely on emotion and ignore evidence, they will continue to lose their children to secularism. As Ravi Zacharias… — Frank Turek Copy Share Image
I don't know if I came to this life with it or if it's something that came to me in my childhood,… — Gwyneth Paltrow Copy Share Image
I definitely don't want to have kids ... I don't think I'd be a great mother. I'm a great aunt or friend… — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
“You may have heard this phrased before in a different way, namely “Who owns the problem?” Children often bring problems to parents,… — Chuck Frey Copy Share Image
Seeking the pleasure of conjugality without a willingness to assume the responsibilities of rearing a family is one of the onslaughts that… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
I do not believe the picture that some people paint of Scottish towns dependent on welfare. Every time I come here, I… — Iain Duncan Smith Copy Share Image
“It is possible that God is the way Annie Payne used to lean her old head against my shoulder...Drew's arms holding me...Ron… — Kate Braestrup Copy Share Image
In the past the intrinsic pleasures of parenthood for most American families were increased by the extrinsic economic return thatchildren brought. Today,… — Kenneth Keniston Copy Share Image
I am not a strict constructionalist, believing that we seal our eternal progress by what we do here. It is my belief… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share Image
A tyrannous and gluttonous demand for affection can be a horrible thing. But in ordinary life no one calls a child selfish… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Marital intercourse is certainly holy, lawful and praiseworthy in itself and profitable to society, yet in certain circumstances it can prove dangerous,… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious quality is fed… — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
I enjoy writing for both kids and adults, though I think I'm better at children's stories because I was a teacher for… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I have a very, very normal life. I really do - with the exception of being very lucky and privileged. I have… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
“Let me tell you a story, Alix. This ship…the Talia? It’s named after my father’s older sister. She killed herself when she… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Like the 'little emperors' of one-child China, too many Boomers were taught early that the world was made (or saved) for their… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
We'd traveled, we'd been to lots of parties, lots of movies and concerts, we'd slept in. We'd done all those things that… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“Then, as a child does, she grew to accept the first great absence in her life, a weaning from the sure certainty… — Kalyan Ray Copy Share Image
I live. I travel. I eat. I pray. These are the things I do. I'd rather be in my condition than be… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Now, in the sixties we were naive, like children. Everybody went back to their rooms and said 'We didn't get a wonderful… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
In 1977, at age ten, I was cast on the TV sitcom 'Good Times.' My character was Penny, an abused child in… — Janet Jackson Copy Share Image
I have several friends that have outlasted both of my marriages that are raising wonderful children together that have been together in… — Vanessa L. Williams Copy Share Image
Paul Ryan hasn't lacked for a job since he left college as the golden child of Wisconsin Republican politics, riding his family… — Charlie Pierce Copy Share Image
“Just Save the Relationship" from the book Glimpses, Sis's Hinckley's advice to her grandaughter when she needed to know what to do… — Marjorie Pay Hinckley Copy Share Image
"The weird world rolls on..." meaning that through all the ups and downs, all the travails that we go through, all the… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
My daughter will say she's hungry, and I'm like, 'Buddy, you're just bored. Do you understand? And you're already starting a pattern… — Dana Gould Copy Share Image
I was this young boy and I saw this man with his hands round my sister's neck, I was just standing there… — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
Many children in the foster care system are often in the midst of a family challenge. Marcus, my husband and I sought… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
I kept all of my tickets from the New Kids concerts and stuff - wristband, ticket, pass. Why? They are all in… — Andrea Barber Copy Share Image
We're going to get to the point where we ask how the hell we put up with high carbon for so many… — Christiana Figueres Copy Share Image
“When our children were young, Sarah and I decided against spankings, it wasn’t how we wanted to raise them. Now I’m thinking… — Emma Chase Copy Share Image
God is in the slums, in the cardboard boxes where the poor play house. God is in the silence of a mother… — Bono Copy Share Image