--- title: "1 Children Fought Quotes By Elizabeth Smart" description: "1 Children Fought quotes by Elizabeth Smart. Plus more from Elizabeth Smart and more Children Fought sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7e/elizabeth-smart-6994_bicycle_once-upon-a-time-there-was-a-woman-who-w_2610397.png" --- > [Once upon a time there was a woman who was just like all women. And she married a man who was just like all men. And they had some children who were just like all children. And it rained all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-smart/once-upon-a-time-there-was-a-woman-who-was-just-like-all-women-and/) [Elizabeth Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-smart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7e/elizabeth-smart-6994_bicycle_once-upon-a-time-there-was-a-woman-who-w_2610397.png) ## More by Elizabeth Smart > [The #MeToo campaign is monumental. It is giving a voice to so many too scared to speak out before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-smart/the-metoo-campaign-is-monumental-it-is-giving-a-voice-to-so-many-too/) [Elizabeth Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-smart/) > [“. . when we have passed our great test, we are then given opportunities to reach out to other people. We are able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-smart/when-we-have-passed-our-great-test-we-are-then-given-opportunities-to/) [Elizabeth Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-smart/) > [All time is now, and time can do no better. Nothing can ever be more now than now, and before this nothing was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-smart/all-time-is-now-and-time-can-do-no-better-nothing-can-ever-be-more/) [Elizabeth Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-smart/) > [If I had my wilderness, nature could be my lover. What can I do in the paved streets for my thirsty roots? I waste…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-smart/if-i-had-my-wilderness-nature-could-be-my-lover-what-can-i-do-in-the/) [Elizabeth Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-smart/) > [“Well get a furious weapon. Look how the springs are whirling round and you with your hat askew, without time to catch your breath…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-smart/well-get-a-furious-weapon-look-how-the-springs-are-whirling-round-and/) [Elizabeth Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-smart/) > [“... I have ceased to care about anything. I have no personal ambition, or even the desire that people call me nice, or pretty,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-smart/i-have-ceased-to-care-about-anything-i-have-no-personal-ambition-or/) [Elizabeth Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-smart/) > [I think forgiveness is probably one of the greatest forms of self-love there is because you don't do forgiveness for anybody else. My captors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-smart/i-think-forgiveness-is-probably-one-of-the-greatest-forms-of-self/) [Elizabeth Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-smart/) > [“I also believe in faith. Faith in a loving and kind heavenly Father who will always care about me. Faith that my worth will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-smart/i-also-believe-in-faith-faith-in-a-loving-and-kind-heavenly-father/) [Elizabeth Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-smart/) > [“I didn't understand most of what he was saying. I should have had to understand what he was saying. I was still so young.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-smart/i-didn-t-understand-most-of-what-he-was-saying-i-should-have-had-to/) [Elizabeth Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-smart/) > [It is wrong for any person to ever judge someone in any situation saying, 'Well, why didn't you try to run? Why didn't you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-smart/it-is-wrong-for-any-person-to-ever-judge-someone-in-any-situation/) [Elizabeth Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-smart/) > [“When we are faced with a challenge, it is very easy to be mad or upset. But when we have passed our great test,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-smart/when-we-are-faced-with-a-challenge-it-is-very-easy-to-be-mad-or-upset/) [Elizabeth Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-smart/) > [You are always special. Nothing can change that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-smart/you-are-always-special-nothing-can-change-that/) [Elizabeth Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-smart/) > [You have to have short fingernails or they'd just break off, and you can't wear red polish - it looks like your fingers are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-smart/you-have-to-have-short-fingernails-or-they-d-just-break-off-and-you/) [Elizabeth Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-smart/) > [But the human spirit is resilient. God made us so. He gave us the ability to forgive. To leave our past behind. To look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-smart/but-the-human-spirit-is-resilient-god-made-us-so-he-gave-us-the/) [Elizabeth Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-smart/) > [“I am alive, but I’m not living, I remember thinking as I walked. I am the living dead. I am nothing but a shell.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-smart/i-am-alive-but-i-m-not-living-i-remember-thinking-as-i-walked-i-am/) [Elizabeth Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-smart/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children-fought/elizabeth-smart/#itemlist", "name": "1 Children Fought Quotes By Elizabeth Smart", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Once upon a time there was a woman who was just like all women. And she married a man who was just like all men. And they had some children who were just like all children. And it rained all day. The woman had to skewer the hole in the kitchen sink, when it was blocked up. The man went to the pub every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The other nights he mended his broken bicycle, did the pool coupons, and longed for money and power. 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