Children Quote by Shirley Hazzard

“It is strange how, when a child, I always longed to be like grown-up people, and yet how I have often longed, since childhood’s…

— Leo Tolstoy

“She was the sort of parent you would want to have living close by, but only on the grounds that she would then never…

— Jasper Fforde

“Growing up, she felt so unworthy of having her deepest desires satisfied, of being loved absolutely. She didn't feel that way anymore.”

— Sylvain Reynard

“She felt as though she could reach out to that little girl and pull her through the years. Look, she’d say. Look who you’re…

— Becky Chambers

“It was exciting to see her grow - both of us grow and change together. But then, that's the hard part - growing without…

— Spike Jonze

“Her expression was that of a woman with multiple children who was no longer surprised by anything they did, up to and including arriving…

— Gail Carriger

“She wanted some excitement in her life, real excitement”

— Neil A. Hogan

“I was a happy child. I felt loved. I never would've imagined that things would turn out the way that they did".”

— Bella Forrest

“But I find it strange that her excitement over a new child in her life was so explosive, so vivid and yet there is…

— Vicki Perry

“Every time we see a child we travel back to the times we have forgotten and we bitterly visit all the beautiful things taken…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

“Loving children doesn't give them a destination. It gives them sustenance for the journey.”

— Alison Gopnik

“And she's striken with sudden nostalgia for the life she's been so eager to pack away, she wishes there was some way of being…

— Sonya Hartnett