Cases Quote by Sean Penn

“Though the children did not know Levin well and did not remember when they had last seen him, they did not feel towards him…

— Leo Tolstoy

“The boy was in the Hitler Youth, he says, and he was reading a book one day, he was really enjoying it, until his…

— Ali Smith

“Occasionally, out of curiosity or goodwill, someone would speak to him, but his response would be so off the mark that they would disappear…

— Shion Miura

“... I was disturbed by how many of my classmates disliked Thoreau, railed against him even, as if he (who claimed never to have…

— Donna Tartt

In those days he really didn't know what he was talking about; that is to say, he was a young jailkid all hung-up on…

— Jack Kerouac

“They were real people who entertained and argued and existed entirely independently from him, although he had set the thing in motion. They had…

— Zadie Smith

“You're a kid,' said Alexandra. 'There is no just about it. Only adults say just a kid and what the heck do they know…

— Anonymous

My father was hard to know and gave little indication that there was much to know. He claimed he remembered almost nothing about his…

— Carrie Brownstein

“I steeled myself for this interaction. Fact: I knew I could talk to people. Fact: Children were little people. Little, scary people. I took…

— Conor Grennan

I've seen a range of children's personalities, so it's easier to write about them without patronising them, I think.

— Sarah Pinborough

“Before long, everyone was giving him answers, and feeling a little superior, because it was really remarkable the number of things Chrestomanci seemed not…

— Diana Wynne Jones

As a kid, I was told to talk as much as possible.

— Christina Ricci