Capricious Quote by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Every child is so different. Their experience growing up and their experience relating to the world has so much to do with their temperament,…

— Julianne Moore

I have a daughter, and fairies meant a lot to her growing up.

— Michael Sheen

Contrary to what some parents might believe or hope for, children are not born a blank slate. Rather, they come into the world with…

— Jane Brody

“parenting matters, even to the extent of influencing our inborn and genetically shaped temperament.”

— Daniel J. Siegel

If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder without any such gift from the fairies, he needs the companionship of…

— Rachel Carson

That a good fit between parental handling and child temperament is vital to help children adapt to the imperatives of their society is a…

— Stella Chess

Because children have abounding vitality, they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged

— Anonymous

It has been noticed that people who are not parents often have a peculiar fondness for children. This is sometimes attributed to a very…

— Angela Thirkell

Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners.

— Mark Twain

Everytime a child says 'I don't believe in fairies' there is a a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead.

— James M. Barrie

“Among those who still have enough wisdom not to think fairy-stories are pernicious, the common opinion seems to be that there is a natural…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

Every time a child says I don't believe in fairies there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead.

— Anonymous