Children Quote by Pierce Brown

“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

“What greater gift could you offer your children than an inherent ability to earn a living just by being themselves?”

— Katherine Dunn

“Remember as a child how mommy’s concern made you feel valued? We all need to be valued and attended to, even when we have…

— Robert Harris

“Only a child expects life to be just; it's a man's part to stand by the consequences of his deeds.”

— Mary Stewart

“She looked over the bins of tinselly junk and felt despair, trying to find one single thing that wouldn't fall apart before you got…

— Barbara Kingsolver

“We are in the habit of saying that it was not in our power to choose the parents who were allotted to us, that…

— Seneca

“For a very long time, ever since men formed societies in which some people bossed others, children have fulfilled this very important function. Every…

— John Holt

“I spent the day gathering flowers and weaving them into festoons, while the dead body of my father was lying within a mile of…

— Harriet A. Jacobs

“ I was a child of wealth, expected to do nothing but everything.”

— Alessandra Torre

“He asked himself... whether it was not outrageous for society to treat thus precisely those of its members who were the least well endowed…

— Victor Hugo

“they will never allow that a child is under any obligation to his father for begetting him, or to his mother for bringing him…

— Jonathan Swift

“it's a wise parent who allows her children to give up the things of childhood in their own time.”

— Anonymous