Children Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“he says it gently, but I can feel a pained history behind the words. Kids can be cruel to each other. To themselves.”

— Nicola Yoon

“As he read he mouthed the words, the way a child reads silently.”

— Renee Carlino

“Be strong, boy. The gods are cruel.”

— George R.R. Martin

“His despair was delicious when I told him what I'd done to her. What I would make you into. Not a child of peace-but…

— Sarah J. Maas

“...he was a scream wrapped up in straw, a little, weak, vicious thing gnashing inside a monstrous facade...”

— Robert R. McCammon

“And then she grew uneasy and full of gloom and thought to herself that if the child were joy yet was it a new…

— Pearl S. Buck

“But the boy only muttered bitterly,

— Pearl S. Buck

“Curses aren’t passive things. They’ll fight back.”

— David Levithan

“He held his hands tightly together and cursed his daughter for bringing the terrible world, with its humiliation and longing, back to his door.”

— Maile Meloy

“I will never give him the satisfaction of knowing how much he has wounded and enraged me. In my silence lies my strength.”

— Alison Weir

“Dad scowls. "Phen." He says the name like it's a swear word. "Disgusting, cowardly creatures, the ambivalent. Worse than the fallen, in many ways."…

— Cynthia Hand

“He was dazed, the soft thoughts sinking slowly in. A son. Even a daughter. His child. Immortality. A chance to make good. Pass on…

— Helen Hodgman