Children Quote by Toni Morrison

“When she spoke his name, Beloved, he believed she meant it. He spoke of an adolescence I envied. Pampered, praised, educated . . .…

— Robin Hobb

“I couldn’t bear to think of my mother loving me but unable to face me, to stare into my eyes, to care for me…

— Heather Sellers

“Is there anyone dearer than the children of people you love, especially when you don’t have your own?”

— Lisa Unger

“her daddy, as she called him, and of whom she thought at some point every day, every single day, and whom she had loved…

— Alexander McCall Smith

“She said she would protect us…” I whisper. “Who?” “The Sovereign…” He’s silent for a long moment. “I know it may be impossible to…

— Pierce Brown

“She’s my daughter.” “She’s the love of my life.” My heart was pumping so damn fast. I needed to see her.”

— Tijan

“You are loved, you are beautiful, you are treasured, and you are a daughter of the living God.”

— Sheila Walsh

“This is her home now--of her own free will.”

— Paul Gallico

“I wanted to understand her predicament because I was her son and I loved her with a helpless corroded love.”

— Jerry Pinto

“I wanted to own every piece of that beautifully broken mind of hers. And I wanted to know it all, all her stories. Everything…

— Isabella Starling

“I loved her for what I couldn't understand about her. Love searches for the mystery in the beloved, seeks the unknowable.”

— John Dufresne

“She knew in that moment what it felt like to want to own another being, declare them as yours.”

— Laura Wright