Children Quote by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

“For me, the imagination which so often kept me awake and in terror as a child has seen me through some terrible bouts of…

— Stephen King

“Oh, I used to lie all the time as a kid." I didn't think of it as lying, though. I thought of it as…

— Jenny Han

“As a child I used to lie on the floor with my eyes tightly closed and hope that people would walk past without noticing…

— Jerzy Kosiński

“We make everything we wear or use here, awake or asleep; so I have made this bed, and now I am lying in it.”

— Margaret Atwood

“Lie there panning, looking, all ribs and elbows and dilated eyes. The awake floor is littered with gear and dirty clothes, blond hardwood with…

— David Foster Wallace

“Children need the lie to be brave enough to sleep in their beds; parents need it to be able to get up the next…

— Fredrik Backman

“Young children often lie about their world, knowing instinctively that its truth is something adults no longer understand.”

— Peter Maughan

“Don’t lie. Life is a puzzle and we are all unique pieces. When you lie, you make it impossible to find your true place…

— Steve Maraboli

“Sleeping is the most common attempt to temporarily escape reality.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The only thing that was actually effective at tricking my babies into sleeping was not something money could buy. It was me. Well, actually…

— Amber Dusick

“A person needs new experiences. It jars something deep inside, allowing them to grow. Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The…

— Duke Leto Atreides

“Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, lessens the friction of social contacts. It is only in lies, wholeheartedly and bravely told, that…

— Clare Boothe Luce