It is always just telling a story, regardless of the age of the reader. Except, if I'm writing something for kids, I… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
“When is the impulse to help an adult child a wise intervention and when is it self-serving and prying? I have an… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
I wanted, I think, to acknowledge Luck: the chance of it, the benevolence of it in my life, and the brutality of… — Paul Newman Copy Share Image
My favourite books series as a young child was the Frank L. Baum 'Wizard of Oz' series. They were beautifully written, oversized… — Anita Shreve Copy Share Image
What we do in the book my daughter Anna and I wrote, Hope's Edge, is to give people a glimpse of food… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
“They awe us, these strange stars, so cold, so clear. We are as children whose small feet have strayed into some dim-lit… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
“If they were honest, many parents would confess that their primary reasons for not allowing their child to quit something is because… — Richard Blackaby Copy Share Image
Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in an attire… — Charles Sumner Copy Share Image
That problem has been going on since men and women and their children moved from the plains and into caves. How many… — Henry Winkler Copy Share Image
To be a parent, especially to rock 'n' roll kids, I think being a parent is the most difficult job on the… — Ozzy Osbourne Copy Share Image
“I’m afraid the camera got smashed against the side of the Space Hotel, Mr. President,” Shuckworth replied. The President said a very… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
“this might be a beauty to send men mad. Her body was slight with a child’s slenderness, but her breasts were full… — Mary Stewart Copy Share Image
My greatest wish is that my children will always know how much I love them, and that they walk the rest of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Denying our children the opportunity to gain wisdom directly from the trees and dance in the moonlight with the other high lonesome… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
We must look towards societies that set a high value on nonaggression and noncompetitive ness, and therefore handle conflicts by nonviolent means.… — Elise M. Boulding Copy Share Image
“Madly in love after so many years of sterile complicity, they enjoyed the miracle of loving each other as much at the… — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
“The dirty Arab children sold peanuts from the top of the basket and hashish from the bottom. They spoke a masterful unintimidated… — William Gaddis Copy Share Image
When you have children your own hypocrisy becomes more apparent because you're telling them how to behave, and you're not behaving like… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
There is just this for consolation: an hour here or there, when our lives seem, against all odds and expectations, to burst… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
Why do any of us act the way we do? Is it our beliefs or our biology that shapes us? Lauren Grodstein… — Victor LaValle Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a writer for a while. I was an excellent child writer. I won multiple poetry contests. I was… — Aya Cash Copy Share Image
It's pretty awesome to see people dressed up in period clothing and running around on horses and in carriages and all that… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
When the average child is now spending nearly eight hours a day in front of some kind of screen, many of their… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
“There was a collective hope at the service that the children were in heaven. Riding ponies, playing bingo, exploring the sea. But… — Heather Harpham Copy Share Image
Obesity puts our children at risk of developing serious diseases - such as Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and depression. It keeps… — Kirsten Gillibrand Copy Share Image
Anger is a handy term and words are tricky, as we know. What one man perceives as anger, another person - in… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
The kind of solitude that refreshes and restores is very important, not just for children, not just for adolescents, but for all… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
I serve on a lot of charitable boards - the areas of mental health parity, services for those that are underserved, and… — Andrew Zimmern Copy Share Image
Both my husband and I wanted a boy. I wasn't sure what I'd do with a daughter. What if she asked for… — Holly Marie Combs Copy Share Image
“If you don’t quit following me, I will kill every man you’ve got. I’ll burn down your house and rearrange your furniture.… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
A child's hope is that your father comes riding in on that white stallion and saves them. You can't make somebody love… — Jake Roberts Copy Share Image
I'm not into sugar for kids, but you don't want your kid to be the carrot kid. There's always the kid at… — Tobey Maguire Copy Share Image
“Parents feel a greater connection to their faith community when they observe visible ways the church makes accommodations for their child. Anticipating… — Amy Fenton Lee Copy Share Image
“All these young mothers chauffeuring their volcanic three-year-olds through the grocery store. The child's name always sounds vaguely presidental, and he or… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“It is often said that there should be no death or grief in children's stories. It is not wise to dwell on… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Gratitude isn't just a feeling, it's an action. Expressing gratitude by writing in a journal, taking a photo, or shooting a video… — Janice Kaplan Copy Share Image
I have never said, as is sometimes believed, or even suggested that lower-class children should not learn the so-called educated norm of… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
“The word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul… — Watchman Nee Copy Share Image
“Instead of opportunities for serious accomplishment in our culture, we supply our children with expensive toys, hoping that these will occupy them… — Paula Polk Lillard Copy Share Image
“Vasudeva listened with great attention. Listening carefully, he let everything enter his mind, birthplace and childhood, all that learning, all that searching,… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
