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Child Quotes by Joan Didion
- I never had much interest in being a child. As a way of being it seemed flat, failed to engage.
- I lost the conviction that lights would always turn green for me, the pleasant certainty that those rather passive virtues which had won me approval…
- Although I have felt compelled to write things down since I was five years old, I doubt that my daughter ever will, for she is…
- As a writer, even as a child, long before what I wrote began to be published, I developed a sense that meaning itself was resident…
- The clothes chosen for me as a child had a strong element of the Pre-Raphaelite, muted greens and ivories, dusty rose, what seems in retrospect…
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- 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