Writing from a teen's perspective is easy as pie. At least I've actually been a teen. I've never been a woman, or… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I was incredibly determined - I wrote short stories, I wrote the beginnings of novels. I wrote a little children's book and… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“In the church is a memorial to Mrs. Sarah Hill, who bequeathed 1 pound annually, to be divided at Easter, between two… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
Truths of life¦ The most beautiful day: Today The easiest thing: Equivocate The biggest obstacle: Fear The gravest error: give up, to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The coast's a jungle of Moors, Turks, Jews, renegades from all over Europe, sitting in palaces built from the sale of Christian… — Dorothy Dunnett Copy Share Image
“It's a long haul bringing up our children to be good; you have to keep doing that — bring them up —… — Erik Erikson Copy Share Image
“There is nothing wrong with where we are, how we are. You spit on satisfaction, leaving you always unsettled and miserable. I… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
Avoid providing material for the drama that is always stretched tight between parents and children; it uses up much of the children’s… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
By abortion the Mother does not learn to love, but kills her own child to solve her problems. And, by abortion, that… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Children do not learn in school; they are babysat. It takes maybe 50 hours to teach reading, writing, and arithmetic. After that,… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
Those who have lost an infant are never, as it were, without an infant child. Their other children grow up to manhood… — Leigh Hunt Copy Share Image
To all the parents out there, please heed Pencil: Im sorry Eraser: For what? You didnt do anything wrong. Pencil: Im sorry… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Something must have happened, your mother speculated. In her mind a woman with no child could only be explained by vast untrammeled… — Junot Díaz Copy Share Image
Under patriarchy, no woman is safe to live her life, or to love, or to mother children. Under patriarchy, every woman is… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
“I know you would be watching over me all through this journey called life... whenever I look next to me, I feel… — Santonu Kumar Dhar Copy Share Image
Socrates, whose mother was a midwife, used to say that his art was like the art of the midwife. She does not… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
The idea of kids helping other kids is such a great way to introduce children to being involved in charitable causes and… — Brandy Norwood Copy Share Image
If just one person, one child who is made to feel isolated, looks at me and sees that it is okay to… — Johnny Weir Copy Share Image
What I learned about stammering was that, when as a young child you lose the confidence of anyone who wants to listen… — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
a man can break God's laws and be forgiven. That's what they teach us. But when he breaks Nature's laws, there's no… — Martha Ostenso Copy Share Image
As a new mom, the importance of programs such as paid family leave, universal pre-K, and the child tax credit are put… — Jessica Tarlov Copy Share Image
“Attachment begins early but grows slowly. There are no shortcuts. Verbal guarantees of safety or nurturance carry no more weight than those… — Richard Bromfield Copy Share Image
Picking one of your favorite creation or character is like picking the best one of your children! I'm not sure it really… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
What would be the cumulative effect of millions of small, compassionate acts performed daily by us because of our heartfelt Christian love… — M. Russell Ballard Copy Share Image
Last year I picked up the New York Times and there was a story about a kid from Dartmouth who was bragging… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
Our "life education" has not necessarily taught us a satisfying way to live. We suffer from a vague sense that there must… — Shakti Gawain Copy Share Image
“Children of Jacob cannot live without prayer. They are wrestling Jacobs. They are people in whom the Holy Spirit works in such… — Charles Haddon Spurgeon Copy Share Image
When couples start a family, they give up their personal love to achieve a greater responsibility - to nurture their children into… — Siddharth Katragadda Copy Share Image
I've always believed it's important to make the invisible visible. And valuing that which has been taken for granted is something that… — Ai-jen Poo Copy Share Image
“I have a fond daydream of a day when, like normal, unclutterd folks, I can bring people through my house without hesitation,… — Eve O. Schaub Copy Share Image
“The though revives in him the oldest memory of his life. A child sees a door closing: without knowing who it is… — Andreï Makine Copy Share Image
Good discipline is more than just punishing or laying down the law. It is liking children and letting them see that they… — Stanley Greenspan Copy Share Image
I am most peremptorily of opinion against putting children extremely forward. If they desire it themselves, I would not balk them, for… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
First, I only get earthen lamps during Diwali, and I urge everyone to do so, so that people who make these diyas… — Sangram Singh Copy Share Image
The whole immigration issue suggests the inevitability of people in our time seeking economic security that they can't find at home, which… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
A child should never even think about being a "good son." A parent decides that fate for the child. The parent encourages… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
“The group I am moving towards is at Caleb Garth's breakfast-table in the large parlor where the maps and desk were: father,… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
The first play I was ever in was 'Cinderella,' a children's production in Los Angeles when I was only 8. It was… — Judy Norton Copy Share Image
I never witness a performance of child-acrobats, or the exhibition of any forced talent, physical or mental, on the part of children,… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich Copy Share Image
“Rani, too, was perpetuating memories. Harappa the martyr, the demigod, lived on in his daughter's thoughts; but no two sets of memories… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
