Broken-families Quote by K.A. Wiggins

“It is so heartbreaking what we do to children in this world; how they are destroyed.”

— Bryant McGill

“Our children make us so vulnerable. Our parents too, I suppose.”

— Sara Sheridan

“I think many people love their problems. Gives them all sorts of excuses for not growing up and getting on with life.”

— Louise Penny

“Makes me see that there might be some sense to having children after all, just so your entire life and all your family’s contributions…

— Eowyn Ivey

“I wonder if anyone gets through childhood without being broken. I certainly did not.”

— Kiersten White

“Maybe I went a bit too far, but that’s what people want now. There’s an expectation that children be treated poorly in their literature.…

— Tony Burgess

“I think that every one , no matter how many troubles the may have when he grows up, ought to have a happy childhood…

— Jean Webster

“We can’t get away with anything with children. They are keen and attentive, and they will eventually grow up to tell the story of…

— Sarah Mae

“One of the great solaces of my life is that I no longer need to wonder whether I’ll have children.”

— Sarah Manguso

“She thinks I’m a child who needs to be protected from the horrors of grown-ups, because she somehow forgot that the world of children…

— Sam J. Miller

“All children grow up, or they die, or both. All children, except one.”

— Christina Henry

“Other people's problems always seemed so surmountable, and other people's children so much more biddable.”

— Liane Moriarty