Admonishing Quote by Patrick Rothfuss

I leaned across the table towards the crumb-thrower. "Do that again," I said, loud enough to be heard over the opera singer, Dolly, my…

— Maggie Stiefvater

“The child probably overheard their voices; for, looking up to the window, with a bright, but naughty smile of mirth and intelligence, she threw…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“I opened my mouth and projectile-vomited on her from head to toe. The more I retched, the more I had to retch. It was…

— Robyn Peterman

“For mercy's sake, the child is crazy!" exclaimed Miss Rottenmeier, running up the stairs. In her hurry she had bumped into Sebastian, who was…

— Johanna Spyri

“Thankfully, the farmers understand my request that the children not be allowed to peer through the windows at me. It would be alarming for…

— Kate Bernheimer

“Hear, hear.' Sister Martha hoisted her water glass. 'Let the rigid stick of self-righteousness be dislodged from her very uptight ass.' Father Ramon coughed.…

— Jacqueline Carey

“As far as she could see, children mostly argued, shouted, ran around very fast, laughed loudly, picked their noses, got dirty and sulked.”

— Terry Pratchett

I grew up in an era when strange adults would grab me on the street and say: 'Don't do that.' You never see that…

— Emo Philips

“I was ten years old, and I was still playing conkers and knocking off sweet shops while she was sitting on the linoleum floor…

— Neil Gaiman

“I was prissy as a child. No dirt under these fingernails.” “You were prissy? I don’t believe it.” “If you knew my mother, it…

— Kristin Rae

“A Sunday school teacher was telling her class the story of the Good Samaritan. She asked the class, 'If you saw a person lying…

— Krisanta Bella

“My parents walked around me on tiptoe, afraid of hurting me. But I knew how disappointed they were. All of a sudden the daughter…

— Haruki Murakami