Children Quote by Lane DeGregory

“Dani had threatened to kill him. This must be the way she planned to do it. Her dark hair was down around her shoulders…

— Cindi Madsen

“Her rage flopped awkwardly away like a duck. She felt as she had when her cold, fierce parents had at last grown sick and…

— Lorrie Moore

“The foster home they were leaving was no place to be. The mother, Mrs. Boone, slapped Paris around every time her real daughter did…

— Nikki Grimes

“The little girl’s eyes were squeezed tightly shut and she bore the angry expression unique to babies who had just been wrenched from the…

— Kathryn Hughes

“According to Aunt Jolene, she was so young.  Having a baby was overwhelming.  My dad bailed on her.  She was lost and went wild.”

— Chelsea Camaron

On her daughter Melissa: The only time she really cried is when I sat her down and told her that she was not adopted.

— Joan Rivers

“As the treatment progressed, I began to get a picture of myself, of the temperament that had caused me so much trouble. I had…

— Alcoholics Anonymous

“The person my heartache would spit out wouldn’t be Ellie Watt and she wouldn’t be Eden White. I didn’t know her name, but I…

— Karina Halle

“Now that she knew the name of the game - Scare Mommy - she should be able to defend herself. But goosebumps rose on…

— Zoje Stage

“The love of a foster mother for her charge appears absolutely irrational.”

— Winston Churchill

“Foster Mom: “Hm, hm, you’d be surprised, these little kids be out here fucking. ’Cause you know the last one you had up in…

— Tiffany Haddish

“She stayed out there, staring into the snow until the chevelle's engine noise faded into the distance. He was gone, and she was alone…

— Stacia Kane