Children Quote by Maria Montessori

Many people must have noticed the intense attention given by children to the conversation of grown-ups when they cannot possibly be understanding a word…

— Maria Montessori

“They feed back exactly what is given them. Because they do not believe in words - words are for "typeheads," Chester Anderson tells them,…

— Joan Didion

Few children learn to read books by themselves. Someone has to lure them into the wonderful world of the written word; Someone has to…

— Orville Prescott

Children who hear acquire language without any particular effort; the words that fall from others' lips they catch on the wing, as it were,…

— Helen Keller

Children's authors have to pick words that reflect the spirit of a book and convey its message but also words that light children up,…

— Rebecca Serle

“The writer whose words are going to be read by children has a heavy responsibility. And yet, despite the undeniable fact that the children’s…

— Madeleine L'Engle

As children we hoard and gloat over words. Words give ownership: we name our world and we claim it...Children trust the power of words.

— Julia Cameron

Words are small shapes in the gorgeous chaos of the world. ... they bring the world into focus, they corral ideas, they hone thoughts,…

— Diane Ackerman

Giving words [is] an act of lovers.

— Francois Rabelais

It's fun to read things when you don't know all the words. Even children love it... they come up against weird words, and the…

— Salman Rushdie

A society in which adults are estranged from the world of children, and often from their own childhood, tends to hear children's speech only…

— Beatrix Campbell

The words are not mere words. They are the breath and mind, perhaps even the soul, of the person who is reading.

— Verlyn Klinkenborg