Children Quote by Paul Elwork

“She was a grown up now, and she discovered that being a grown up was not quite what she had suspected it would be…

— Stephen King

“she had this look of calmness, of concentration, the look, I think, of all women who for the first time are with child and…

— Paul Scott

“Her life was a scattering of small moments, bits of meaningful conversations, and bright dashes of beauty where least expected.”

— Robin Jones Gunn

“She was quietly lovely, unassumingly pretty, completely unaware that at some point between awkwardness and adulthood she had grown so appealing. And because she…

— Amy Harmon

“she was consumed by 2 simple things: despair, loneliness; and oh 2 more: youth and beauty”

— Charles Bukowski

“Courage was no that hard to come by for children. No matter the hardships they faced, given a little love and encouragement, their spirits…

— Sophie Littlefield

“She secretly regarded her children as marvellous, even while she laughed down their youthful conceit and punished their naughtiness.”

— Kathleen Thompson Norris

“She understood children, and knew that they were adults handicapped by a humiliating disguise and had their adult qualities within them.”

— Rebecca West

“I had hardly any patience with the serious work of life which, now that it stood between me and my desire, seemed to me…

— James Joyce

“She remembered telling a sturdy little girl in guidance that looks did not matter, that personality was much more important. What rubbish we tell…

— J.K. Rowling

“Stories of her children when they were small, their round little bodies barely containing their personalities, which bloomed and glittered and melted into her.”

— Erica Bauermeister