Child Quote by Barbara Vine

“We find in our children our own selves again, who might be made better than we are.”

— Cassandra Clare

“Being a child is like nothing. It's only being. Later, when we think about it, we make it into youth.”

— China Miéville

“I think perhaps the adults we become are formed in childhood and there's no way around it.”

— John Boyne

“We were still children, for all that we thought we weren’t. We were in that in-between place, the twilight between childish things and grown-up…

— Christina Henry

“Who knows only his own generation remains always a child.”

— Linda Lafferty

“I realize the selfishness of children. We love them, and we revolve around their universe, but they don't revolve around ours.”

— Brunonia Barry

“your children are either the center of your life or they’re not, and the rest is commentary”

— Calvin Trillin

“Children live in the same world we do.To kid ourselves that we can shelter them from it isn't just naive, it's a vanity.We want…

— Lionel Shriver

“Our children is what will be left of us in a generation that we will not be a part of.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“In growing older, we become our parents.”

— Julien Green

“About how your kids aren’t really yours, they’re just these people that you try to keep an eye on, and hope you’ll all grow…

— Barbara Kingsolver

“All our children have are us until they are forced to face the world. We can prepare them for greatness.”

— Steve Ghikadis