Children Quote by Gail Carriger

“she had this look of calmness, of concentration, the look, I think, of all women who for the first time are with child and…

— Paul Scott

“But there was something strange about her that made me think she was "somebody." I don't mean her poise, the cool manner in which…

— Anne Rice

“I was moved, too, to see her excited as a child--but no, for there is no childhood excitement to equal the adult journey to…

— Shirley Hazzard

“Poor woman! She probably thought change of air might agree with many of her children.”

— Jane Austen

“I was crying out of frustration, frustration that I could not be left alone, that no girl at this school could possibly be allowed…

— Alice Pung

“She was so deeply imbedded in my consciousness that for the first year of school I seem to have believed that each of my…

— Philip Roth

“No longer did she look like a shy little maid who was trained to censor her thought before it reached her mouth. These past…

— Kien Nguyen

“She was young and lovely and surprised and dead.”

— Laini Taylor

“She was autodidactic, and when she mentioned that, most of the college kids didn’t even know what it meant.”

— J.T. Ellison

“She didn't belong here, amidst all the laughter, abandonment, the war cries of freedom. These other kids were alive and vibrant. She was chained…

— Tess Hardwick

“Once she was face to face with the people who led the way their silence was unnerving. No one seemed to speak. They looked…

— Victoria Hislop

“She gave another eye roll and glided away. My admiration for my sister grew. One thing to have children...another to keep them when they…

— Kristan Higgins