“Who are these sons and daughters? They are the ones who know the love and affirmation of a father. They are not… — James W. Goll Copy Share Image
As the most social apes, we inhabit a mirror-world in which every important relationship, whether with spouse, friend or child, shapes the… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
Claire Hodgson, born Clara Mae Merritt, was the daughter of a prominent Georgia attorney who had once represented Ty Cobb. She was… — Jane Leavy Copy Share Image
“We are taught...Love your neighbor as yourself (Mark 12:31) So say a prayer for children in despair and then go out and… — Timothy Pina Copy Share Image
“A busy and crowded station. Full of people trying to go somewhere. Amongst the hustle and bustle, two large cages rattle on… — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
“He had been haunted his whole life by a mild case of claustrophobia—the vestige of a childhood incident he had never quite… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
People in Detroit aren't just urban gardening. They're starting a new mode of education. They're trying to give children the education to… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
My child looked at me and I looked back at him in the delivery room, and I realized that out of a… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government,… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
Although knowledge of how things work is sufficient to allow manipulation of nature, what humans really want to know is why things… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“Ask a child's guardians what it takes to be good at their jobs, and most will answer with a single word... SACRIFICE.… — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
You do not conceive a novel as easily as you conceive a child, nor even half as easily as you create nonfiction… — Zelda Popkin Copy Share Image
Somewhere in my early twenties I realized I was pretty constantly monitoring myself, judging how I was always falling short, whether it… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
I tried to talk my daughter out of going with a hockey player but, he's a good kid. He asked me if… — Phil Esposito Copy Share Image
When your eyes are fixed in the stare of unconsciousness, and your throat coughs the last gasping breath - as one dragged… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
There is a hidden epidemic threatening the lives of millions of Americans...hunger. In this land of plenty, it is unthinkable that fellow… — Swoosie Kurtz Copy Share Image
I receive your love and I give you mine. Not the love of a man for a woman, not the love of… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“One by one, she conjured all the boxes she'd been put into: The good girl box and the good Christian box...the mistress… — Hillary Jordan Copy Share Image
Human culture, in evolutionary terms, moves from episodic, to mimetic, to mythic, to theoretic - that made all kinds of sense. To… — Robert Neelly Bellah Copy Share Image
To each his own. It's one of those things. How you build your familyyou have to know what you're capable of handling… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
“Lamar, why do they go into a trance when I change into this?” I ask as I go phantom and change into… — Kristy Cunning Copy Share Image
“The problem is that children believe what adults say and once they're adults themselves they exact their revenge by deceiving their own… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
In my research, I found that since 1979, women have lost the equivalent to one night's sleep due to the pressures of… — Carolyn Maloney Copy Share Image
“Science has always said that it may not know everything now but it will know, eventually. But now we see that isn’t… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
The evidence shows that investing in women and girls delivers major benefits for society. An educated woman has healthier children. She is… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
“The Economic Policy Institute, a progressive think tank, estimated that the hedge fund loophole cost the government over $6 billion a year—the… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
Children thrive in a variety of family forms; they develop normally with single parents, with unmarried parents, with multiple caretakers in a… — Sandra Scarr Copy Share Image
When you want to teach children to think, you begin by treating them seriously when they are little, giving them responsibilities, talking… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Our real human nature is revealed better when we are confronted with limited situations, and I think that life itself is an… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
Forgiving is an affair strictly between a victim and a victimizer. Everyone else should step aside...The worst wounds I ever felt were… — Lewis B. Smedes Copy Share Image
They [creative children] ask more questions than most children. They're usually spontaneous and enthusiastic.Their ideas are unique and occasionally strike other kids… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A great psychoanalyst, Wilhelm Reich , was asked once—because he was studying children, their problems—he was asked, 'What is the most basic… — Osho Copy Share Image
A widening circle of researchers believes that the loss of natural habitat, or the disconnection from nature even when it is available,… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
“Yes, our Father has a plan, Ciminae,” he said. “But he leaves it up to his children to accept his will. It… — Shaun F. Messick Copy Share Image
I’m writing this in part to tell you that if you ever wonder what you’ve done in your life, and everyone does… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
“My aim is to sort the jumble of information we throw at these children and present it in such a way that… — Adele Devine Copy Share Image
We had absolutely no experience in writing kids books and its a very competitive market. But we buy and read a lot… — Tom Fletcher Copy Share Image
Our critics would love nothing more for us to go away and just be quiet. And we won't give them that satisfaction.… — Valerie Plame Copy Share Image
“As the body and mind deteriorate, the dying are not less themselves. Dementia steals the faculties for expressing the self—language, memory, personality—but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I hesitate to use the term sexual abuse. It conjures up worst-case scenarios in our minds, and we think, "That will… — Carolyn Byers Ruch Copy Share Image