For I am my mother's daughter, and the drums of Africa still beat in my heart. — Mary McLeod Bethune Copy Share Image
You know, children philosophize more than adults - and they are critical of adults. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“Toasted tobacco, no additives,' I said. 'Yum. Tastes like childhood.” — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
“That’s what parents often do, I think, we persuade ourselves we’re doing everything for the sake of the child. It’s too painful… — Fredrik Backman Copy Share Image
It is something that most parents hope for in life: That their children will be moderately successful, polite, decent human beings. Anything… — Jerry Kramer Copy Share Image
It's my firm conclusion that human meaning comes from humans, not from a supernatural source. After we die, our hopes for an… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
“Small children in affluent societies often dislike showering, and it takes them years of education and parental discipline to adopt this supposedly… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
There are a few people out there with whom you fit just so, and, amazingly, you keep fitting just so even after… — Lauren F. Winner Copy Share Image
“You will go through your life thinking there was a day in second grade that you must have missed, when the grown-ups… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very fanciful, and I loved to read. But… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
There was a special challenge in describing the awful childhood of a person who happens to be my own husband. It was… — Pamela Stephenson Copy Share Image
The nature of the love between a parent and child really is literally stronger than death. As long as either person in… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Now that Olive was grown, I didn't know what to do with myself. You could build your life around one single thing,… — Michael Lee West Copy Share Image
We live in all we seek. The hidden shows up in too-plain sight. It lives captive on the face of the obvious… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
This is as 'alone' as I'm likely to get with you - you're not half so fetching as your daughter. — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
The child who dwells inside us trusts that there are wise men somewhere who know the truth. — Czeslaw Milosz Copy Share Image
“Hutch called into the semidarkness of The Shed. 'Somebody's coming, Heck!' Then he, with the rest, faded from sight with that uncanny… — E. Everett Evans Copy Share Image
A lot of people had a misconception that I would be the perfect poster child for Islam. So I got a lot… — Halima Aden Copy Share Image
We don't want to raise sheltered children. They should see different parts of the country, and they should experience things. — Lisa Kennedy Montgomery Copy Share Image
“Step Up Academy offers a conducive, encouraging, comfortable environment for children to step up their learning and achieve success. Our students progress… — Kerthiga Manokumar Copy Share Image
My mum was Labour-voting, but wanted us to know we were important. Basically, everyone's equal, but you, my children, are a bit… — Martin Freeman Copy Share Image
Since I was a child, I always loved music that made me want to dance. As a teenager, I used to dance… — Nadia Ali Copy Share Image
“Sometimes your kids will say the nastiest things, won't they, Rose? You want to ask,'Whose child is this?'" Rose chuckled. "But usually,… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Most of our suffering comes from resisting what is already here, particularly our feelings. All any feeling wants is to be welcomed,… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
