“No, Roger had not seen the funny side. But there had been a moment when, after looking at his watch, he had… — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
“As Red Buffalo disappeared into the darkness, Hunter’s hand, which was riding Loretta’s thickened waist, tightened. He glanced down, his brows lifting… — Catherine Anderson Copy Share Image
“Children deprived of words become school dropouts; dropouts deprived of hope behave delinquently. Amateur censors blame delinquency on reading immoral books and… — Peter S. Jennison Copy Share Image
Theater is definitely something that, through the course of my childhood and even in college, I enjoyed participating in. I would love… — Jennifer Nettles Copy Share Image
For beautiful eyes seek out the good in people, for pretty lips only speak words of kindness, for beautiful hair let a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There is nothing so stupid or dangerous or painful that people won’t eagerly do it, if by doing it they will make… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Children's literature is considerably more functional than a good portion of adult literature. If I were cynical, I might say: Children's books… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
“Dust in a cloud, blinding weather, Drums that rattle and roar! A mother and daughter stood together Beside their cottage door. 'Mother,… — Robert Graves Copy Share Image
'Eat my flesh,' Jesus says, 'and drink my blood.' The Lord supplies us with these intimate nutrients, he delivers over his flesh… — Clement of Alexandria Copy Share Image
What brings a real and lasting joy is our relationships with God, and our love for His other children He has put… — Lindsey Stirling Copy Share Image
My father... very generous, very philanthropic, very charitable man. My siblings and I and my mother continue with always appreciating and always… — Steve Tisch Copy Share Image
I'm very excited about creating my own cereal box. I get to live out a childhood dream and help support the incredible… — Alvin Kamara Copy Share Image
That is the problem with this rich and anguished generation. Somewhere a long time ago they fell in love with the idea… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I was very, very unhappy with even the so-called very elite schools. The one thing I've always done every day with my… — Marva Collins Copy Share Image
“To see the value of a library, ignore the adults. Find an inquisitive child who doesn't have an iPhone yet, take them… — Josh Hanagarne Copy Share Image
To thousands of elder women in the late sixties and early seventies [the private women's club movement] came like a new gospel… — Laura E. Richards Copy Share Image
Sometimes [people] say the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree. In my case, I am pretty fortunate. [ My kids]'re… — Nikki Sixx Copy Share Image
That we have children coming into this world already polluted, at the same time we don't know what the effects of that… — Louise Slaughter Copy Share Image
A painter told me that nobody could draw a tree without in some sort becoming a tree; or draw a child by… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
My mother has never approved of high heels. As a result, I have never been able to walk in high heels -… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
“Ever since I was a child I have been a strong believer in the principle that to under-stand how anything works you… — David Amerland Copy Share Image
God calls all of his children to the table. We can disagree and even say a lot of hateful things, but what… — Gene Robinson Copy Share Image
“Children, awkward, isolate, their bodies crammed to bursting with caffein and sugar and pop music and cologne and perfume and hairgel and… — Alex Shakar Copy Share Image
I shan't be lonely now. I was lonely; I was afraid. But the emptiness and the darkness are gone; when I turn… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
With a few exceptions, the critics of children's books are remarkably lenient souls… Most of us assume there is something goodin every… — Katharine Sergeant Angell White Copy Share Image
I've learnt an enormous amount from my children. Mostly that my agenda isn't the most important thing in the world. For a… — Toby Stephens Copy Share Image
I think, though, the biggest heroes in my life would have been both my mother and father. My father because he was… — Susan Stroman Copy Share Image
“One of the best things about having children is that it enables you to have the same loving memories as another person… — Allison Pearson Copy Share Image
“Though Dutch, I was considered of Aryan race and my child -- otherwise shamed as uneheliches Kind, conceived out of wedlock --… — Pam Jenoff Copy Share Image
“Every February, my classmates and I were herded into assemblies for a ritual review of the Civil Rights Movement. Our teachers urged… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“Po tilted his head at her. “Do you dislike children?” “I’ve never disliked the children I’ve met. I’ve just never wanted them.… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
People often ask me what I consider my goal to be at TOMS. The truth is that it's changed over the years.… — Blake Mycoskie Copy Share Image
“One of the reasons people lock onto motherhood as a key to feminine identity is the belief that children are the way… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
God is never a God of discouragement. When you have a discouraging spirit or train of thought in your mind, you can… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
I live in a house in a forest about 20 minutes out of Copenhagen, with my actress wife Rikke and my four… — Kim Bodnia Copy Share Image
I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was… — Laura Wade Copy Share Image
He thought of the number of girls and women she had seen marry, how many homes with children in them she had… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Acting is very much like a child making believe. I'm not one to become a character, but I fall in love with… — Lusia Strus Copy Share Image
My mom was working through my childhood, so I would be running around Mumbai from one dance class to another with my… — Aditya Roy Kapur Copy Share Image
“She has been putting qualities into David, altering him, turning him forever on a lathe since the day she first knew him,… — J.M. Barrie Copy Share Image