Children Quote by Alice Hoffman

“They came back To widows, To fatherless children, To screams, to sobbing. The men came back As little clay jars Full of sharp cinders.”

— Aeschylus

“She felt hands seize her as the soldiers who hadn’t been knocked down fell upon her in a wave, trying to wrestle her to…

— Leigh Bardugo

“They were all around him, half a dozen of them, white-faced children with dark eyes, boys and girls together. And in their hands, the…

— George R.R. Martin

“What are the children of men, but as leaves that drop at the wind's breath?”

— Homer

“The men in the room were shouting, some fleeing for the safety of pillars and the exit while others rushed at her, weapons drawn.…

— Sarah J. Maas

“We all saw. The Dark figure in the Night. Shining teeth. Blood red eyes. And fur so black it was like a void. The…

— Megan Hietala

“She was a dangerous, dangerous girl. A plague. A Mountain of Adamant who tore the iron from ships, sinking them to their watery graves…

— Renee Ahdieh

“She saw the scarlet thread of her lips, the light in her eyes, the family through their love, their children running barefoot in a…

— David Paul Kirkpatrick

“They had started speaking of "women and children" - that phrase that exempts the male from sanity when it has been repeated a few…

— E.M. Forster

“I am not alone in this. I only let him do to me what men have ever done to women: march off to empty…

— Geraldine Brooks

“They were women then My mama's generation Husky of voice stout of Step With fists as well as Hands How they battered down Doors…

— Alice Walker

“So they clutched at her like shipwrecked sailors, clinging to the rocks despite the fact that they are being battered to death against them.”

— Patrick Rothfuss