Be nice to your children. They may grow up to be writers.

Happy children do not seem to grow up to be writers.

— Piers Anthony

Though not all reading children grow up to be writers, I take it that most creative writers must in their day have been reading…

— Elizabeth Bowen

“To all the librarians in the world on behalf of all the kids y’all helped grow up to be writers”

— Karin Slaughter

Be nice to your children. After all, they are going to choose your nursing home.

— Steven Wright

“There’s something nice about out-and-out children’s books with no sex and a happy ending—Ransome, Streatfeild, that kind of thing.”

— Jo Walton

I was like one of those nauseatingly nice children. I was very, very well behaved and boring.

— Helena Bonham Carter

Be nice to your children, for they will choose your rest home

— Ritu Ghatourey

I think it's nice to have children. I didn't have many, and while I don't sit around regretting it, I maybe would have liked…

— Lulu

Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home.

— Phyllis Diller

I wish children could grow according to their natural pace: sleep when sleepy, wake up when rested, eat when hungry, cry when upset, play…

— Magda Gerber

Only children believe they're capable of everything. They're trusting and fearless; they believe in their own power and get exactly what they want. When…

— Paulo Coelho

“I wonder if it won't be the same with the children as it has been with us. No matter how long each one of…

— Earnest Poole

Children do not grow up all of a piece; look for the child of seven, especially to take many backward glances at the way…

— Caroline Pratt

As different as we are from one another, as unique as each one of us is, we are much more the same than we…

— Fred Rogers

As children grow, they gravitate to their fates.

— Mitch Albom