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title: "12 Place Children Quotes by 12 authors"
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> [We must have...a place where children can have a whole group of adults they can trust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mead/we-must-have-a-place-where-children-can-have-a-whole-group-of-adults/)

[Margaret Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mead/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/756/margaret-mead-982_adults_we-must-have-a-place-where-children-can_361441.jpg)

> [The cause of making the world a better place for children unites us all...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liam-neeson/the-cause-of-making-the-world-a-better-place-for-children-unites-us-2/)

[Liam Neeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liam-neeson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f0/liam-neeson-2760_better-place_the-cause-of-making-the-world-a-better-p_2582205.jpg)

> [“A place to show her children: and you belong to the earth, and the earth is hard.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-coplin/a-place-to-show-her-children-and-you-belong-to-the-earth-and-the/)

[Amanda Coplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-coplin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d45/amanda-coplin-25276_children_a-place-to-show-her-children-and-you-bel_922752.jpg)

> [Art is a place for children to learn to trust their ideas, themselves, and to explore what is possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maryann-f-kohl/art-is-a-place-for-children-to-learn-to-trust-their-ideas-themselves/)

[MaryAnn F. Kohl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maryann-f-kohl/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c81/maryann-f-kohl-87187_art_art-is-a-place-for-children-to-learn-to_1332956.jpg)

> [The country is the place for children, and if not the country, a city small enough so that one can get out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-roosevelt/the-country-is-the-place-for-children-and-if-not-the-country-a-city/)

[Theodore Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-roosevelt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67d/theodore-roosevelt-218_children_the-country-is-the-place-for-children-an_183494.jpg)

> [I look forward to working with UNICEF as they continue to make the world a better place for children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orlando-bloom/i-look-forward-to-working-with-unicef-as-they-continue-to-make-the/)

[Orlando Bloom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orlando-bloom/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4aa/orlando-bloom-1693_better_i-look-forward-to-working-with-unicef-as_670167.jpg)

> [This would be a better place for children if parents had to eat spinach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/groucho-marx/this-would-be-a-better-place-for-children-if-parents-had-to-eat/)

[Groucho Marx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/groucho-marx/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f22/groucho-marx-788_better-place_this-would-be-a-better-place-for-childre_2308809.jpg)

> [The woods are a place where children can go to think. Children gravitate towards these spaces. When I was a child it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-griffiths/the-woods-are-a-place-where-children-can-go-to-think-children/)

[Jay Griffiths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-griffiths/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/jay-griffiths-20658_children_the-woods-are-a-place-where-children-can_1849558.png)

> [“The Children’s Garden was intended as a place for children to play in the “company of children under seven years old who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-shumaker/the-children-s-garden-was-intended-as-a-place-for-children-to-play-in/)

[Heather Shumaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-shumaker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95b/heather-shumaker-241934_business_the-children-s-garden-was-intended-as-a_1914653.jpg)

> [The world is not always a kind place. That's something all children learn for themselves, whether we want them to or not,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/the-world-is-not-always-a-kind-place-that-s-something-all-children/)

[Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/454/fred-rogers-1272_child_the-world-is-not-always-a-kind-place-tha_2604323.png)

> [I can write pretty much anywhere if you give me time and some quiet. The home is not usually the best place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlan-coben/i-can-write-pretty-much-anywhere-if-you-give-me-time-and-some-quiet/)

[Harlan Coben](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harlan-coben/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ec/harlan-coben-847_anywhere_i-can-write-pretty-much-anywhere-if-you_593447.png)

> [Second, there are so many magical places in books that you can't go to, like Hogwarts and Middle Earth, so I wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/second-there-are-so-many-magical-places-in-books-that-you-can-t-go-to/)

[Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35e/cornelia-funke-908_books_second-there-are-so-many-magical-places_791719.jpg)

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