Children Quote by Cornelia Maude Spelman

A little girl without a doll is almost as unfortunate and quite as impossible as a woman without children.

— Victor Hugo

“A doll is among the most pressing needs as well as the most charming instincts of feminine childhood. To care for it, adorn it,…

— Victor Hugo

“A little girl without a doll is almost as unhappy, and quite as impossible, as a woman without children.”

— Victor Hugo

“Her own dolls were either babies or storybook characters like Cinderella and Snow White who though past childhood were somehow not yet into the…

— Josephine Humphreys

“A daughter is a gift from God and needs to be treasured, nurtured, and even protected by a father until another man comes along…

— Rick Johnson

She [a mother] never outgrows the burden of love, and to the end she carries the weight of hope for those she bore. Oddly,…

— Florida Scott-Maxwell

“And although there were countless single dads who were raising daughters, no one could deny that there were milestones that a girl wanted a…

— Lisa Kleypas

“I went into motherhood with some pretty romantic notions about what being a mom would be like. I certainly thought that raising kids would…

— Debra Sansing Woods

“Ordinary father-daughter love had a charge to it that generally was both permitted and indulged. There was just something so beautiful about the big…

— Meg Wolitzer

“For many women,’ she said, ‘having a child is their central experience of creativity, and yet the child will never remain a created object;…

— Rachel Cusk

“The doll is one of the most imperious needs and, at the same time, one of the most charming instincts of feminine childhood. To…

— Victor Hugo

“A daughter whose mother chose to leave her or was incapable of mothering may feel like a member of the emotional underclass, like a…

— Hope Edelman