Children Quote by Marcel Proust

“Mamma does make such delicious blunders.” “Sophie, my dear, that is not a proper way of speaking.”

— Anthony Trollope

“Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old-fashioned respect for the young is fast dying out. Whatever…

— Oscar Wilde

“Her look was easy to read—she couldn’t understand, we’d always been able to talk, she was hurt. Mothers can give all of that to…

— Deb Caletti

“She felt indispensable and made no apologies. She allowed herself to accept her importance and this is something many of us mothers refuse to…

— Meg Meeker

“I would never abandon you. You know that. I will provide for every—” “Providing is not enough. Children shouldn’t be strangers from their fathers.…

— Tessa Dare

“...after all, she had birthed us alone, diapered and fed us, helped us with homework, kissed and hugged us, poured her love into us.…

— Aimee Bender

“They were a mother's words, words I would say to my own daughter if I were concerned for her”

— Tracy Chevalier

“Madlen came to sit beside her on the bed. "Lady Queen," she said with her own particular brand of rough gentleness. "It is not…

— Kristin Cashore

“She did not especially appreciate children either, but could be kind to them when they were silent.”

— Gordon Dahlquist

“the most minute accuracy in my mind, while Mamma’s face and attitude escape me entirely. It may be that it is because at that…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Even in the little while she'd been teaching, she'd met parents who didn't seem to care about their children, regarding them as more of…

— Nicholas Sparks

“You really loved her?' 'I would have given my life.' 'Would you have taken it?' 'No, child,' he said. 'That is not ours to…

— Mitch Albom