Children Quote by Fiona Barton

When we are children, we have a tranquil acceptance of mystery which is driven out of us later on, by curiosity and education and…

— Susan Cooper

“Sophie had been chiefly concerned in those days whether her mother would be able to bear the ordeal of losing two children at the…

— Inge Scholl

“Sophie and Agatha locked eyes one last time but neither screamed for the other. Once true loves, the two girls now pulled apart like…

— Soman Chainani

“She blushes a deep red, then an even deeper hue with both Delia and I hasten to explain that I'm not Sophie's father. There…

— Jodi Picoult

“Sophie swallowed, tears rising to her eyes again. It was an odd legacy to hand from mother to daughter: the ability to stand proud…

— Eloisa James

Sophie has a gift," she said. "She has the Sight. She can see what others do not. In her old life she often wondered…

— Cassandra Clare

“Choice and confusion were conjoined twins”

— Elif Shafak

“For a moment, Sophie thought resentfully of what he had said in the letter about giving her an 'ordinary childhood'. 'I'd swap that for…

— Katherine Woodfine

“but I learned of them because my twin sister Sophie”

— Michael Finocchiaro

When I first thought about writing the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I never originally meant to have children in it at all!

— Roald Dahl

“Just give her one, Ifemelu thought. To overwhelm a child of four with choices, to lay on her the burden of making a decision,…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I've always been interested in a certain kind of sophistication in children's literature. I loved Roald Dahl; I loved the underlying nastiness of some…

— David Small