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Children Quotes by Jane Smiley
- Even if my marriage is falling apart and my children are unhappy, there is still a part of me that says, 'God, this is fascinating!'
- I say, when your hair turns gray and your children think they know who you are, do the thing that shakes up who you think…
- When I went to first grade and the other children said that their fathers were farmers, I simply didn't believe them. I agreed in order…
- I was an only child. I've known only children. From this experience, I do believe that the children should outnumber the parents.
- Combined families often get bad reviews, but the family my children got when they traded away 'the suffocating four-person' nuclear one is one that has…
- A child who is protected from all controversial ideas is as vulnerable as a child who is protected from every germ. The infection, when it…
- There are several methods for introducing your children to driving, and all of them are bad. Probably the worst is to put it off.
- I have reared, or helped to rear, five children and the scariest bit, bar none, is the learning-to-drive part. It has filled me with anxiety…
- But what truly horsey girls discover in the end is that boyfriends, husbands, children, and careers are the substitute-for horses
- I loved the house the way you would any new house, because it is populated by your future, the family of children who will fill…
More Children 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
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- The parents have to learn that the child should not be insulted, humiliated, condemned. If you want to help him, love him… — Rajneesh
- Years ago someone wrote [about me]: 'She characterizes Molly Weasley as a mother who is only at home looking after the children.'… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
- The essence of Taoism is really expressed by these few words. Taoism is the way of the child, the way of the… — Frederick Lenz
- There's love, and certainly children you care about more than yourself. But nevertheless, we're alone in our heads. — Paul Auster
- A woman whose life is involved in the righteous rearing of her children has a better chance of keeping up her spirits… — Ezra Taft Benson