Children Quote by Kate Thompson

Very young children love and demand stories, and can understand complex matters presented as stories, when their powers of comprehending general concepts, paradigms, are…

— Oliver Sacks

“Children, even when very young, have the capacity for inventive thought and decisive action. They have worthwhile ideas. They make perceptive connections. They’re individuals…

— Lori McWilliam Pickert

Children develop character by what they see, by what they hear, and by what they are repeatedly led to do.

— James Stenson

Children have no use for psychology. They detest sociology. They still believe in God, the family, angels, devils, witches, goblins, logic, clarity, punctuation, and…

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

In my books my characters experience things as they are. My books allow youth an honest look at important issues affecting them. As adults…

— Ellen Hopkins

Children, viewed from one angle, are philosophy in motion.

— Anthony Lane

Young minds - young brains - need stories and ideas like the ones in those [censored and banned] books in order to grow. They…

— Lev Grossman

“2. PERSISTENCE: If an idea or an activity is important to them, spirited children can “lock” right in. They are committed to their task,…

— Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

In addition to exploring imaginative worlds, I believe that young people should have access to reading material that validates their life, that gives them…

— Theresa Breslin

The principal task is to put spiritual foundations under both our child's life and our own. This triggers a shift in the elemental way…

— Shefali Tsabary

Children are curious and are risk takers. They have lots of courage. They venture out into a world that is immense and dangerous. A…

— John Bradshaw

This is the value for me of writing books that children read. Children aren't interested in your appalling self-consciousness. They want to know what…

— Philip Pullman