Children Quote by Liane Moriarty

“The way in which the child is manipulated pulls them into considering the lies.”

— Patricia Dsouza

“It's about showing these kids that there are serious consequences for their actions.”

— Lajill Hunt

“When adults misbehave, I reasoned, they forfeit the right to tell children what to do.”

— Shulem Deen

“Children always spoke the truth, especially when it was inconvenient for everyone else.”

— K.J. Colt

“Then if children make so much trouble, why do people have 'em?”

— Thomas Hardy

“Children picked up things on a different level than adults. They hadn’t spent much time building up defense mechanisms and rationalizations for all the…

— Al Sarrantonio

“We shared a sympathetic look, mutually marveling that kids who commit grown-up crimes still have their little-boy sweet tooth.”

— Lionel Shriver

“For now, they had simpler concerns. Keeping the children from the roofs at night, the bereaved from crying out too loud, the young in…

— Clive Barker

“I steeled myself for this interaction. Fact: I knew I could talk to people. Fact: Children were little people. Little, scary people. I took…

— Conor Grennan

“Yet here they were, carrying groceries, holding children’s hands, turning their collars up against the wind. As if their moments of truth—the decisions by…

— Jessica Shattuck

“Child-rearing today was so complicated. You always had to think of what they'd say on television later.”

— Orson Scott Card

“What a world this is, he thought. Children put us to shame with their pluck, and are shot in the back for it.”

— Frances Hardinge