Betrayal Quote by B.G. Harlen

The fundamental condition of childhood is powerlessness.

— Jane Smiley

The powerlessness of the child is often forgotten. And after it comes the terrifying phase of moving into adulthood.

— Kate Thompson

Helplessness in the face of a child's suffering is the curse of parenthood.

— Nancy Atherton

“Ah, how helpless we children are, how dependent on the whims of adults.”

— Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

“it's a wise parent who allows her children to give up the things of childhood in their own time.”

— Anonymous

Adult helplessness destroys children. Or it forces them to become tiny adults of their own.

— Neil Gaiman

“Your life is fragile indeed when confronting your child is an act of bravery.”

— Daniel Abbott

“adult life is full of hardship, childhood should be free of it.”

— Geraldine Brooks

“Everything I do in its essence is about helplessness. That's the story I want to tell all the time. It's the story I wanted…

— Joss Whedon

“Every child makes its peace with abandonment. That's called growing up.”

— Gregory Maguire

“And children are still the way you were ...as a child, sad and happy in just the same way and if you think of…

— Rilke Letters to a Young Poet

“It is only just that anything that grows up on its own should feel it has nothing to repay for an upbringing which it…

— Plato