African-literature Quote by Flora Nwapa

When the children had completed an absorbing bit of work, they appeared rested and deeply pleased. It almost seemed as if a road had…

— Maria Montessori

“Children were huge, wild creatures full of promise and hope and dirt and mischief.”

— Nalini Singh

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

— Lyndsay Faye

“the days of the young, when they gulped the air and lived to see the better world, the grown-up world, when they could not…

— Paullina Simons

“It is time for a return to childhood, to simplicity, to running and climbing and laughing in the sunshine, to experiencing happiness instead of…

— L.R.Knost

“They were amazing, fierce, beautiful children.”

— Adam Gidwitz

“The hours slipped by, and the men and the girls talked and talked as only communists of that wild and irresponsible period could talk…

— Jan Valtin

“For now, they had simpler concerns. Keeping the children from the roofs at night, the bereaved from crying out too loud, the young in…

— Clive Barker

“Maybe I went a bit too far, but that’s what people want now. There’s an expectation that children be treated poorly in their literature.…

— Tony Burgess

“There is a folk-tale about a shoemaker and his wife who were so poor that they had to send their many children out into…

— Gyula Illyes

“Children are not the people of tomorrow, but are people of today. They have a right to be taken seriously, and to be treated…

— Korczak Janusz

“They sat for several hours over a pot of tea and a plate of cake, and then they wandered the streets, impervious to time.…

— Penelope Lively