Children Quote by Lynn Flewelling

“A thing that had always struck her about the child was that he seemed so collected. She had never seen him cry. And now…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“The horror came as I realized that, for what he had done, the child in me was right to blame him entirely, and the…

— Rebecca Coleman

“It wasn’t her fault, but it was her fate, like so many single mothers, to be caught between a wistful child and his fantasies…

— Eric Ripert

“He believed that kids who’d been slammed around needed to stick together, from start to finish. And he spotted others of his kind so…

— S.E. Jakes

“He turned and looked at the boy. Maybe he understood for the first time that to the boy he was himself an alien. A…

— Cormac McCarthy

“He was dazed, the soft thoughts sinking slowly in. A son. Even a daughter. His child. Immortality. A chance to make good. Pass on…

— Helen Hodgman

“...it stung, too, knowing that it was easier for his father to erase his only son's existence than it was for him to tolerate…

— Libba Bray

“He understood it when other kids were mean to him. It didn't bother him. He simply hated them. As long as he hated them,…

— Louis Sachar

“I felt something I had never felt before, a mixture of fear and pride. I liked it. This was fatherhood. The biggest mistake anyone…

— Carl-John X Veraja

“Suddenly, it occurred to me that my feelings towards the little man were distinctly maternal. Good God, I thought, how utterly revolting, and I…

— Laurie R. King

“As you know, Francis, I hate like the dickens to have to send any boy to the reformatory. I refuse to believe that any…

— Harold Robbins

“You were never so acutely aware of your own flaws as you were in the presence of your child. Why was that?”

— Lisa Unger