Children Quote by Jeannette Walls

Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you are young is good for you, she said. It immunized your…

— Jeannette Walls

“I think it is a part of growing up, learning to control our suffering.”

— Gregory David Roberts

“I honestly didn't believe I could bear any more suffering. I was convinced that the child within me was just too young to endure…

— Suzie Burke

“no one tells you this, how having children multiplies your capacity for suffering.”

— Marcel Theroux

“I failed to understand as a parent until it was too late: that anyone can be suffering and in need of expert care, regardless…

— Sue Klebold

“That’s the horror, the most awful thing: to have a child the world wants to destroy and know that you’re helpless to help him.…

— Matt Ruff

“For many people, it [suffering] starts already at a very young age. So what don't schools teach our young people the way to manage…

— Thich Nhat Hanh

“Maybe that’s why God made childbirth so painful, so that when your life is wrecked by children you know it could be worse.”

— J.T. Lawrence

“Some people are born to suffer. It never stops for them, not for a second … they are made for it - sustained by it.”

— Michael Robotham

“It is a great thing to be young and to live without pain. And yet it is a blessing few of us count until…

— Geraldine Brooks

“When we're young, we think that suffering is something that's done to us. When we get older- when the steel door slams shut, in…

— Gregory David Roberts

“Childhood trauma and sufferings does not provide us with an excuse for our problems. It explains the origins of our problems while in no…

— Peter R Breggin