“I go to the bathroom. All my life I have been an orphan and an only child. Now I come from a… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
How much did I hear of religion as a child? Very little, and yet my heart leaped when I heard the name… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
The heart of childhood, from seven to eleven, is the critical period for bonding with the earth. — David Sobel Copy Share Image
For decades, the violence in the Middle East has claimed a multitude of innocent civilian victims: Men, women and children, Arab and… — John Conyers Copy Share Image
“He loved them deeply, but sometimes love becomes a power game between the ambitions that parents have for their children and the… — Witi Ihimaera Copy Share Image
“According to our minister, Mr. Cornelius Barker, presents were a pointless, expensive, pagan diversion. Yes, well, good luck explaining that to seven… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I want to rip out his heart and feed it to Lennox Lewis. I want to kill people. I want to rip… — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
I hate being clean-shaven. My daughter gets very upset if I shave and says, 'Bring back the spikes, Dad.' — Eric Bana Copy Share Image
God is love," she said. "And he respects love, whether it's between a parents, and child, a man and woman, or friends.… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
“Next morning, when Semyon woke up, the children were still asleep and his wife had gone over to the neighbour's to borrow… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
The truth is that I've always wanted to be an actor, ever since I was a child. I used to see these… — Randeep Hooda Copy Share Image
In my late 30s, I flirted with the idea of having a child without necessarily being in a steady relationship. But I've… — Kiki Dee Copy Share Image
“The trouble with England, he thinks, is that it's so poor in gesture. We shall have to develop a hand signal for… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“The children all worked hard, too. By two years old, they were sweeping floors and gathering eggs. By three they were collecting… — Ben Montgomery Copy Share Image
“The popular view that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people go right through life in the grip… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
The two stand in the fast-thinning throng of victims, but they speak as if they were alone. Eye to eye, voice to… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
He was a very young boy; quite a little child. His hair still hung in curls about his face, and his eyes… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I remember my own childhood vividly...I knew terrible things. But I knew I mustn't let adults know I knew. It would scare… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
Find a way to delight in all students. Look for the best, expect the best, and find something in each child [you]… — Steven Levy Copy Share Image
Dear gourmands! my bowels yearn towards them as a father's toward his children. They are so good natured! They have such sparkling… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Copy Share Image
Some people are just self-motivated - my husband was. I also believe there are many children for whom parental involvement is key. — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
I don't want my children growing up in a world where they think that their heritage and skin colour could be judged… — Rochelle Humes Copy Share Image
The offspring of virtue is perseverance. The fruit and offspring of perseverance is habit and child of habit is character. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To My Future Kids: I will do my best to make sure you don't grow up with divorced parents... — Anonymous Copy Share Image
At the doors, people are telling me they are afraid to let their children go to the movies. — Ken Boshcoff Copy Share Image
No one has the right to threaten the health, education, and well-being of children by involving them in illegal or inappropriate work. — Hilda Solis Copy Share Image
I guess its the same with all children really, they have this sort of pathetic longing to be like their parents were. — Rick Stein Copy Share Image
My childhood was not great but not that bad either. I've always had a loving and caring mother with me. — Sourabh Raj Jain Copy Share Image
As a child, I thought I hated everybody, but when I grew up I realized it was just children I didn't like. — Philip Larkin Copy Share Image
“Tom, how many children do you think I have to have before I figure out you get them by having sex?" "Of… — Robyn Carr Copy Share Image
Adults, older girls, shops, magazines, newspapers, window signs—all the world had agreed that a blue-eyed, yellow-haired, pink-skinned doll was what every girl… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
I have a dog at home, and that's my baby. She's my girl, and I would do absolutely anything for her. She's… — Michael Graziadei Copy Share Image
I'm a '70s mom, and my daughter is a '90s mom. I know a lot of women my age who are real… — Florence Henderson Copy Share Image
If a child had another disease, we'd be open about what we were going through, but addiction is stigmatised and comes with… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
See yourself as a small child, fragile and vulnerable, and breathe in. Smile with love to this small child within yourself, and… — Barbara Ann Kipfer Copy Share Image
If you are a mother then you know the feeling of true love. Once you look into the eyes of your children… — Mandi Nowak Copy Share Image
“Many parents had grown wary of confronting their children for fear of being denounced by them, but not my father.” — Martha Hall Kelly Copy Share Image
“Benney, you must talk her out of this.” “You obviously do not know our daughter. When, exactly, have I ever been able… — Sybil Nelson Copy Share Image
If only I had a wife!" I used to think, "who could stay home and keep the children happy, why I could… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
I try to give the media as many confusing images as I can to retain my freedom. What's real is for my… — Sting Copy Share Image