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Child Quotes by Jeanette Winterson
- Our broken society is not born out of the triumph of the individual, but out of his effacement. He vanishes, she vanishes, ask them who…
- Tell me the story, Pew. . . . It was a woman. You always say that. There's always a woman somewhere, child; a princess, a…
- I was happy but happy is an adult word. You don't have to ask a child about happy, you see it. They are or they…
- Tell me a story, Pew. What kind of story, child? A story with a happy ending. There’s no such thing in all the world. As…
- Don't regret your life, child, it will pass soon enough.
- He doubted her. You must never doubt the one you love. But they might not be telling the truth. Never mind that. You tell them…
- When a woman gives birth her waters break and she pours out the child and the child runs free.
- Unconditional love is what a child should expect from a parent even though it rarely works out that way.
More Child Quotes
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- I didn't go to school for a full year until I was 12. In the summer I was a wild child in… — Margaret Atwood
- As the most social apes, we inhabit a mirror-world in which every important relationship, whether with spouse, friend or child, shapes the… — Diane Ackerman
- Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event. — Gaston Bachelard
- I was born into a Christian family and brought up in a Lutheran church. My faith has been the center point of… — Michele Bachmann
- In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that… — Enid Bagnold
- A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. — James A. Baldwin
- There is a 'sanctity' involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of it. — James A. Baldwin
- Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing. — Honore de Balzac
- What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two sentiments spontaneously blended? — Honore de Balzac
- When I gave birth to my fourth child, I suffered from post partum hemorrhaging. I almost lost my life. I was lucky… — Joyce Banda
- It's not like I want to hop on a bandwagon, because I said it 15 years ago - bringing a child into… — Tyra Banks