Children Quote by Jane Gardam Download Open image “I gave myself to my children. It happens to some women.” — Jane Gardam ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Children Children Happens Gave Gave Children Happens Happens Women My children Myself Some Women
Ever since that happened to me, I haven't been able to give myself to anyone in this world. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I couldn't see tying myself down with a middle-aged woman with four children, even though the woman was my wife and the children were… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
I couldn't see much point in tying myself down to a middle-aged woman with four children, even though the woman was my wife and… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
I probably give 80% more to my children than my father gave to me and still it doesn't come up to scratch. I don't… — Chris Eubank Sr Copy Share Image
Be careful what you give children, for sooner or later you are sure to get it back. — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
I have to be very careful, however, because I have no intention of providing an excuse for this behavior. It's an attempt to explain… — Caleb Carr Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, I'm a dad, and I try to give my kids everything I never had as a kid. — Tito Ortiz Copy Share Image
I thought that would go without saying, that if a mother gives up her children, it's very painful. — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
I have often felt that I cheated my children a little. I was never so totally theirs as most mothers are. I gave to… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
A lot of women say to me, 'You know, I really hated you because my kids wanted you to be their mother.' — Florence Henderson Copy Share Image
I always felt too young and selfish to have children of my own. — Natasha Richardson Copy Share Image
“What I don't want is to be called an octogenarian. I saw 'Octogenarian Jane Gardam' and I thought 'Blow me!' I mean, I am,… — Jane Gardam Copy Share Image
I just knew I would be a writer. It just seemed the only sensible thing to do. — Jane Gardam Copy Share Image
I think the most dangerous influence for a young writer is to be treated with cynicism or discouragement. — Jane Gardam Copy Share Image
“His colleagues at the Bar called him Filth, but not out of irony. It was because he was considered to be the source of… — Jane Gardam Copy Share Image
When I was young and the empire was beginning to disintegrate, the idea was absolutely unbelievable, particularly to children who'd been taught that the… — Jane Gardam Copy Share Image
I hate the idea of sequels. I think you should be able to do it in one book. — Jane Gardam Copy Share Image
Only a great genius like the Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell can be mother, wife and novelist without solitude. I couldn't write until my youngest… — Jane Gardam Copy Share Image
I longed from a tiny child to get away on my own. When I was five, I walked out along the sands from Redcar,… — Jane Gardam Copy Share Image
The complexion of a novelist is seldom rosy (Paul Bailey once announced to a heavy-hearted audience of novelists at PEN that we have always… — Jane Gardam Copy Share Image
Stories of all lengths and depths come from different parts of the cave. For a novel, you must lay in mental, physical and spiritual… — Jane Gardam Copy Share Image
English country life is more like Chekhov than 'The Archers' or Thomas Hardy or even the Updike ethic with which it is sometimes compared. — Jane Gardam Copy Share Image
I am certain that children always know more than they are able to tell, and that makes the big difference between them and adults,… — Jacques Lusseyran Copy Share Image
I believe in freedom to do what you want if you aren't hurting others, but pictures of obese protesters giving their children big gulps. — Philip DeFranco Copy Share Image
If the audience likes your work, if they like you, they don't think whether you are married or have children or not. I made… — Dimple Kapadia Copy Share Image
It doesnt seem to me strange that children should like the macabre, the sensational, and the forbidden. — Anthony Hecht Copy Share Image
Gratitude isn't just a feeling, it's an action. Expressing gratitude by writing in a journal, taking a photo, or shooting a video creates a… — Janice Kaplan Copy Share Image
My embarrassing confession is that my father is a 'Camelot: The Musical' obsessive. So as a child, when we were going to visit relatives… — Chris Chibnall Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
My school was one of the most beautiful places a child can grow up in. You are surrounded by nature - cats, dogs, birds… — Amala Akkineni Copy Share Image
A lesser complaint: hair extensions. There are moments on 'All My Children' when half the women actors, young and old, seem to be afflicted… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
As a child, I had a lot of older gay men taking care of me. There's a trust there. I feel like little girls… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
