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> [Over and over again women and men ... come to me saying, I don't know enough to write a book for adults, and so I'd like to try a book for children. And I tell them that when they have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mabel-robinson/over-and-over-again-women-and-men-come-to-me-saying-i-don-t-know/)

Mabel Robinson

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> [Only as we give the children the truth about life can we expect any improvement in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mabel-robinson/only-as-we-give-the-children-the-truth-about-life-can-we-expect-any/)

Mabel Robinson

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## More by Mabel Robinson

> [Over and over again women and men ... come to me saying, I don't know enough to write a book for adults, and so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mabel-robinson/over-and-over-again-women-and-men-come-to-me-saying-i-don-t-know/)

Mabel Robinson

> [Only as we give the children the truth about life can we expect any improvement in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mabel-robinson/only-as-we-give-the-children-the-truth-about-life-can-we-expect-any/)

Mabel Robinson

> [We have thought that because children are young they are silly. We have forgotten the blind stirrings, the reaching outward of our own youth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mabel-robinson/we-have-thought-that-because-children-are-young-they-are-silly-we/)

Mabel Robinson

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