Adults Quote by Martha Grimes

We all have the right to ask all the things we want to know, but the thing is we are scared to hear the…

— Sharlene05

Children like being a little scared, but they don't want to be disturbed.

— Salman Rushdie

Kids are naturally curious about what they don't know, or don't understand, or what is foreign to them. They only learn to be frightened…

— Aimee Mullins

Grown-ups are afraid for children. It's not children who are afraid.

— Maurice Sendak

It's a universal truth that no parent wishes to acknowledge that the fear and phobias we are in thrall to in adulthood almost invariably…

— Mariella Frostrup

“Kids deserve to have answers to their questions if they're brave enough to ask.”

— Ann Aguirre

Teenagers are a great audience and they are fearless about asking what they want to know.

— Sarah Dessen

“I find many adults are put off when young children pose scientific questions. Why is the Moon round? the children ask. Why is grass…

— Carl Sagan

Toddlers ask many questions, and so do school children - until about grade three. By that time, many of them have learned an unfortunate…

— Jan Hunt

When I write from the point of view of a child or a young person, I am trying to tell the truth as an…

— Michael Cadnum

There's a moment in time where kids really don't want to hear anything from their parents.

— Kevin Costner

Some adults would rather pretend that bad things don't exist than to talk about them.

— Laurie Halse Anderson