Children Quote by Emily Rodda

“Awful things, children. Needy, self-centered tyrants, the boys all teeth and firsts, the girls all claws and spit. Gathering into sniveling packs and sniffing…

— Steven Erikson

“I’m that bad, am I?” I whispered, lips trembling. I was going to bawl again. “In all the world, with all the things humans…

— Anne Rice

“The worst were the parents who brought their perfectly fine children, wanting only smaller pores or fairer complexions. I raised my fist and shouted:…

— Marie Manilla

“As there is no evil however small but may cause him to groan under it, who has his heart undisciplined, so there is no…

— Kaiten Nukariya

“When I was a child, I thought as a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child but when I grew…

— Karleen Koen

“this foggy little back lane, with its everyday humdrumness, its vulgarity, its unfortunate but tolerable inequities, its donkeys and its minor cruelties, is like…

— Arundhati Roy

“Some people say I am a terrible person. I'm not, I have the heart of a young boy... in a jar, on my desk.”

— Stephen King (Author

“Listen! The Hate U—the letter U—Give Little Infants Fucks Everybody. T-H-U-G L-I-F-E. Meaning what society give us as youth, it bites them in the…

— Angie Thomas

“It must be one of the worst things in the world, to see your child revealed as a selfish little sadist.”

— Charlaine Harris

“I’m not a good kid. Yeah, look, I’m just a piece of paper with the word sad and a bunch of cuss words written…

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“I knew it was bad. When my jeans screamed in protest that’s one thing— I can blame the dryer. But when my toddler comes…

— Shauna Richmond

“Children are remarkable creatures, hurtling through savage landscapes of sudden laughter and sharp heartbreaks.”

— Lyndsay Faye