Children Quote by Ford Madox Ford

“Instead she squeezes Mary’s arm and appreciates her kindness. Her understanding. This is why people have children, even when they believe the world is…

— Jessica Shattuck

“Oh, you dear good father!" cried Mary, putting her hands round her father's neck, while he bent his head placidly, willing to be caressed.…

— George Eliot

“He looked at her for a moment, amazed. "How did you know that? How can a servant girl like you understand so much?" Because…

— Y.S. Lee

“From my chair, I looked out my window, over these dreadful streets. The baby asked, 'Is there not one righteous among them?”

— James Baldwin

“... he paraphrased his father's favourite saint, Augustine: Lord, make my wife virtuous, but not yet.”

— Zin Murphy

“Martha was a clever girl, and therefore not a believer.”

— Julian Barnes

“birth it had been! Martha thought her mistress deserved a moment of triumph before further worries beset her, but Her Grace spotted the baby’s…

— Brenda Novak

“...I shall be as tender to you as my father was not to me. For what's the point of breeding children, if each generation…

— Hilary Mantel

“Good and bad, he was taken for granted; she was much more lenient to him than to any of the children. She welcomed the…

— Kathleen Thompson Norris

“feel very bad about it now. I wasn’t an abusive father, but I started getting a little neglectful, and Mary was too good a…

— Charles Brandt

“Margaret opened the door and went in with the straight, fearless, dignified presence habitual to her. She felt no awkwardness; she had too much…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

“Ah, Jo, instead of wishing that, thank God that 'Father and Mother were particular', and pity from your heart those who have no such…

— Louisa May Alcott