Children Quote by Barbara Kingsolver

“He imagined this must be what fatherhood felt like, just without all the gross parts, and the aftercare, and most of the other parts…

— Bella Forrest

“What was it about fathers, Clay wondered, that compelled so many of them to test their children? To insist that a daughter, or a…

— Nicholas Eames

“A great father is one whose children look up to him rather than away from him.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“When the subject of kids first came up years ago, I'd joked that the only thing I could imagine worse than me as a…

— Kelley Armstrong

“When I was a child, I understood the things of my childhood. Now that I have grown into a man, I understand less of…

— Joel T. McGrath

“But he recognized that the illusions of the child only differed from those of the man in that they were more picturesque; belief in…

— Arthur Machen

“One would have said he was his son's servant rather than his father.”

— Pearl S. Buck

“It appeared possible that these other men were good fathers only because they knew too little of the world to grow frenzied against it.”

— Rebecca West

“He understood it when other kids were mean to him. It didn't bother him. He simply hated them. As long as he hated them,…

— Louis Sachar

“He had taught me how to be a man when my real father proved not to be much of one himself and incapable of…

— Dean Koontz

“Both their attention and their neglect were equally intolerable. His world had become complicated and interesting and magical. Theirs was mundane and domestic. They…

— Lev Grossman

“She did not especially appreciate children either, but could be kind to them when they were silent.”

— Gordon Dahlquist