Childhood Quote by K. Arsenault Rivera

“I read somewhere that when you're a kid it's people's cruelty that makes you cry, then when you're an adult it's their kindness.”

— Glen Duncan

“Isn't it strange that sometimes the memory of an act of kindness can cause more pain than the cruel stuff?”

— Marian Keyes

“But the children knew, as I�m sure you know, that the worst surroundings in the world can be tolerated if the people in them…

— Lemony Snicket

“It's not our job to toughen our children up to face a cruel and heartless world. It's our job to raise children who will…

— L.R. Knost

“I don't think kids are any crueler than adults. I just think kids are less adept at disguising their cruelty.”

— Glennon Doyle Melton

“...the kindness you can only hope happens to your children, because while you can teach a person to act kindly, you can't really teach…

— Jay Caspian King

“Cruel people offer pity when they no longer feel threatened. However, kind people offer compassion and understanding regardless.”

— Shannon L. Alder

“Children were very cruel and made fun of me. I could tell you many stories of times I was treated badly, and although the…

— Alcoholics Anonymous

“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

“Children do not dwell on the ordinary harshness of life, even as they suffer through it.”

— Vahan Zanoyan

“We must learn and then teach our children that niceness does not equal goodness.”

— Gavin de Becker

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

— Bryant McGill