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Children Quotes by Jodi Picoult
- I'm grateful for my children, who are slowly emerging to become their own wonderful, interesting, compassionate young adults - which makes me believe that along…
- It was so damn hard to find love in this world, to locate someone who could make you feel that there was a reason you'd…
- There's no way to explain to a child that the line between good and evil isn't nearly as black and white as a fairy tale…
- Iknew that all the attributes he was teased for, at age five, were going to work in his favor by thetime he was thirty-five...but I…
- No child really chooses his religion; it is just the luck of the draw which blanket of beliefs you are wrapped in.
- To say there had been a loss was ludicrous; one lost a shoe or a set of keys. You did not suffer the death of…
- Instead of plotting the demise of the traditional family, as some politicians and religious leaders would have you believe, gay people mow their lawns and…
- You are only as invincible as your smallest weakness, and those are tiny indeed - the length of a sleeping baby's eyelash, the span of…
- Sometimes when you pick up your child you can feel the map of your own bones beneath your hands, or smell the scent of your…
- I have never fit into this town, this marriage, this skin. I am the child who was picked last to play tag; I am the…
- I know better than most people that a criminal isn't always a thug in a black leather jacket with a big brand on his forehead…
- Bad is not an absolute, but a relative term. Ask the robber who used the cash he stole to feed his infant; the rapist who…
- You signed no contract to become a parent, but the responsibilities were written in invisible ink. There was a point when you had to support…
- I would have given anything to keep her little. They outgrow us so much faster than we outgrow them. Brian Fitzgerald, talking about his children.
- a guardian ad litem... GAL is appointed by a court to be a child's advocate during legal proceedings that involve a minor. You don't have…
- Tradionally, parents made decisions for a child, because presumably they are looking out for his or her best interests. But if they are blinded, instead,…
- and another claimed it was inherited through a parent who was a carrier of the defective gene. I had always assumed the latter was the…
- I ...understand how a parent might hit a child- it's because you can look into their eyes and see a reflection of yourself that you…
- There are all sorts of experiences we can't really put a name to...The birth of a child, for one. Or the death of a parent.…
- In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for the parents who loses a child.
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
- 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
- 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