Children Quote by Meg Wolitzer Download Open image ““And the child who was happy with herself meant the parents had won the jackpot.”” — Meg Wolitzer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Children Parenting
“Who would be grateful for this? Two parents that don’t want you. All the money in the world, but no happiness?” — Harper Sloan Copy Share Image
“A parent's only as good as their dumbest kid. If one wins a Nobel prize but the other gets robbed by a hooker, you… — Samuel Halpern Copy Share Image
“He loved them deeply, but sometimes love becomes a power game between the ambitions that parents have for their children and the ambitions that… — Witi Ihimaera Copy Share Image
“What has become of the world, when children are looked upon by their parents as trophies to be won?” — Donald Allen Kirch Copy Share Image
“You weren’t always born to the right parents. And parents didn’t necessarily get the kids they were meant to raise.” — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
“But in the parent department, he had won the lottery. So, he'd always known that when he finally told them, they'd make him feel… — John Corey Whaley Copy Share Image
“Of course he won my heart. Many children did. I often thought that I should have liked children of my own if it were… — Jean Plaidy Copy Share Image
“I loved my parents and wanted to make them proud of me - but no longer at the cost of my own happiness.” — Rachel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
“Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.” — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“Parents, after all, are judged by their children’s accomplishments rather than their happiness, so when our children fail, we appropriate those failures as our… — Jessica Lahey Copy Share Image
“One of the reasons dad was so pleased was because it did something to her.” — Ian Cross Copy Share Image
“Plus she’d been taught to appreciate what she had. It seemed as if today’s kids focused on things they didn’t have and how to… — Kendra Elliot Copy Share Image
New teachers were just a part of life, for a few days after one arrived, squawks of interest were emitted from various corners, but… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“It was exhausting being a schizophrenic, which he was still convinced he was.” — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
I always thought it was the saddest and most devastating ending. How you could have these enormous dreams that never get met. How without… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
But clearly life took people and shook them around until finally they were unrecognizable even to those who had once known them well. Still,… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“This was a time of life, she understood, in which you might not know what you were, but that was all right. You judged… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“Another spell had been thrust upon her so long ago...She hadn't been able to see it but it was real. Otherwise why would you… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
Even if you yourself were unhappy and anxious, whenever you glimpsed happiness in your child, you suddenly became happy too. — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“The world of law was filled with the fallen, but theater wasn't. No one ever "fell back" onto theater. You had to really, really… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“Crema Seamans," Ethan repeated thoughtfully. "It's like a soup made from ... various semens. A medley of semens. It's a flavour of Campbell's soup… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
I've always been drawn to writing for young readers. The books that I read growing up remain in my mind very strongly. — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
I am certain that children always know more than they are able to tell, and that makes the big difference between them and adults,… — Jacques Lusseyran Copy Share Image
I believe in freedom to do what you want if you aren't hurting others, but pictures of obese protesters giving their children big gulps. — Philip DeFranco Copy Share Image
If the audience likes your work, if they like you, they don't think whether you are married or have children or not. I made… — Dimple Kapadia Copy Share Image
It doesnt seem to me strange that children should like the macabre, the sensational, and the forbidden. — Anthony Hecht Copy Share Image
Gratitude isn't just a feeling, it's an action. Expressing gratitude by writing in a journal, taking a photo, or shooting a video creates a… — Janice Kaplan Copy Share Image
My embarrassing confession is that my father is a 'Camelot: The Musical' obsessive. So as a child, when we were going to visit relatives… — Chris Chibnall Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
My school was one of the most beautiful places a child can grow up in. You are surrounded by nature - cats, dogs, birds… — Amala Akkineni Copy Share Image
A lesser complaint: hair extensions. There are moments on 'All My Children' when half the women actors, young and old, seem to be afflicted… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
As a child, I had a lot of older gay men taking care of me. There's a trust there. I feel like little girls… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
