Aging Quote by Charlotte Brontë

“I had hardly any patience with the serious work of life which, now that it stood between me and my desire, seemed to me…

— James Joyce

“I was not pleased to be sent from my mother, but I occupied myself, a skill learned by children who must sometimes act older…

— Alice Hoffman

“When a child isn't allowed to deal with his frustrations on his own—to cry, for instance, then to handle the situation, and then to…

— Susan Forward

“He couldn’t imagine what had made his father so angry or the townspeople so mean, but he knew with a child’s sudden, clear conviction…

— Lynn Flewelling

“A thing that had always struck her about the child was that he seemed so collected. She had never seen him cry. And now…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“One age misunderstands another; and a petty age misunderstands all the others in its own nasty way.”

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

“I know now that I acted out of anger, and I learned my first real adult lesson: Anger is often followed by unintended consequences…

— D. Love

“The parent can change his mind in the context of respectful appeal, but not in the presence of blatant rebellion.”

— Tedd Tripp

“We do our sulking lovers the greatest possible favor when we are able to regard their tantrums as we would those of an infant.…

— Alain de Botton

“He had been brought up to it from a boy, his father, as I have heard, accustoming his children to dispute with one another…

— Benjamin Franklin

“There aren’t always good reasons for a child’s emotions, or easy solutions for them, but by at least acknowledging them and trying not to…

— Iben Dissing Sandahl

“No anger, at least not yet … only a sick sense of loss and abandonment.”

— Stephen King