Children Quote by William Somerset Maugham

“Children are ruthless because they have not learned pity, they are inconsiderate because they have never experienced pain. When Philip had written the letter…

— D.E. Stevenson

“A thing that had always struck her about the child was that he seemed so collected. She had never seen him cry. And now…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Margaret opened the door and went in with the straight, fearless, dignified presence habitual to her. She felt no awkwardness; she had too much…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

“She was married now, and suddenly she understood what it was her mother had been trying so hard to tell her on her wedding…

— Julia Quinn

“Philippa’s letter, from an afflicted conscience, was not very much longer. … if I don’t look for him, no one else will. You know…

— Dorothy Dunnett

“There would be no crying- that was for children, and she was now the fiancee of a man who did dangerous and exciting things…

— Anna Godbersen

“She mothered them. She mothered him. He hated it and loved it. He wished her quiet and prayed she would never stop talking. She…

— Amy Harmon

“Even in the little while she'd been teaching, she'd met parents who didn't seem to care about their children, regarding them as more of…

— Nicholas Sparks

“MARGARET Have any of you Seen that poor child Alizon? I think she must be lost. NICHOLAS Who isn't? The best thing we can…

— Christopher Fry

“There she stood, hiding; the mother without child, the voiceless woman full of anger. Her smoked nails hammered her evaporated heart snivelling in the…

— Laura Gentile

“As you know, Francis, I hate like the dickens to have to send any boy to the reformatory. I refuse to believe that any…

— Harold Robbins

“She did not especially appreciate children either, but could be kind to them when they were silent.”

— Gordon Dahlquist