Parenting Quote by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“You couldn't teach kindness, she thought. It was something you were born with. People either had it or they didn't.”

— Elizabeth Brundage

“It was just that - Gabby's common sense came to the rescue. Quill was an uncommonly handsome man. His eyes made her feel weak…

— Eloisa James

“But I wondered. Maybe the world wasn't made of universals that could be summed up in neat little packages. Maybe there were just people.…

— Clare Vanderpool

“..my father was the best man in the world and probably worth a hundred of me, but he didn't understand me. The town he…

— Bob Dylan

“The Kindly Ones would say it didn't matter. And maybe they were right. We still could have snatched happiness from our tragedy if we…

— Rosamund Hodge

“It had never occurred to his honest, simple little mind that there were people who could forget kindnesses.”

— Frances Hodgson Burnett

“and anyway it’s just the same old story -- a few people just trying, one way or another, to survive. Mostly, I want to…

— Mary Oliver

“Beau had come to my rescue when I needed it the most. He might not be the perfect citizen but Grana always said perfect…

— Abbi Glines The Vincent Boys

“Because I haven't yet learned the simplest and most important thing of all: the world is difficult, and we are all breakable. So just…

— Caitlin Moran

“She couldn't care less what people wondered, though--she just wanted to be seen walking beside this man, knowing what his body was capable of,…

— Cara McKenna

“Like most children, she came into the world assuming everyone was good, and spent the rest of her life discovering otherwise.”

— Shanthi Sekaran

“But maybe people should be kind without reason.”

— Adam Silvera