Quotes about children
children eye boys
Between his eyes, there were four lines, the marks of such misery as children should never feel. He spoke with that wonderful whisky voice that so many Spanish children have, and he was a tough and entire little boy. Martha Gellhorn
children men victory
It is alleged that half a million Spanish men, women and children fled to France after the Franco victory.
children responsibility adults
Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young. Martha Beck
children home people
Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise small children without the help of multiple adults, making for an unsupported life.
children knowing trying
Trying to motivate yourself with fear is like screaming at a child, “Do something, dammit!” You’ll either freeze up or act in counterproducti ve ways. Fear widens the knowing-doing gap. Don’t use it.
children adults threat
Adults under threat feel like children.
children writing phones
I explain to everyone I deal with-co-workers, children, friends-that I'm transitionally challenged and they should call me on my cell phone if I'm even a few minutes late. Such calls often come in when I'm happily writing or rearranging the furniture. The monochrones in my life are so organized, they have no trouble remembering to remind me to show up.
children memories mean
A lot of my clients say they don't deserve to mope about their sad little memories while children are starving in India. I say that just because your broken arm isn't as serious as someone else's gut wound, that doesn't mean your injury isn't excruciating or doesn't require attention. If you want to help the Indian children, or make the world a better place in any other way, you have to start by becoming whole yourself.
children anger grief
Allowing children to show their guilt, show their grief, show their anger, takes the sting out of the situation.
children average laughing
The average adult laughs 15 times a day; the average child, more than 400 times.
children believe sleep
To follow your life's guidance, you may have to reassign some seemingly important things to 'unimportant.' If you believe that pleasing your horrible boss or having a spotless house is a higher priority than playing with your children or sleeping off the flu, be prepared for a long and strenuous battle against destiny. Also, be prepared to lose.
children educational schedules
Today's child is bewildered when he enters the 19th century environment that still characterizes the educational establishment where information is scarce but ordered and structured by fragmented, classified patterns subjects, and schedules. Marshall McLuhan
children mistake youth
Even when I was a child, I always wanted to be older. I realised just in time that it's a mistake and to enjoy my youth while I had it. Mark Gatiss
children reality thinking
Fear is an underrated emotion. And that's why I think it's very dangerous to try and cosset children from it. A healthy scare is as good as as a healthy laugh. In fact, they're two sides of the same coin. There is a desire to shield from the knocks and bumps of reality.
children growing-up odds
Of course, you would have to be insane to hope your child grows up to be a playwright or poet. Given the odds, you would have to be quite cavalier about your children's future. Mark Helprin
children father school
My father ran London Films. He made films like 'The Red Shoes,' 'The Third Man.' And he had had a long career in the film business, which was bifurcated with a career in intelligence. He had to deal with gangsters, and sometimes he would take me with him. Also, I went to school with their children.
children book writing
I started writing books for children because I could illustrate them myself and because, in my innocence, I thought they'd be easier. Mark Haddon
children book latter
I've written 16 children's books and five unpublished novels. Some of the latter were breathtakingly bad.
children reading self
Bore children, and they stop reading. There's no room for self-indulgence or showing off or setting the scene.
children book risk
The most difficult book I wrote was the fourth in a series of linked children's books. It was like pulling teeth because the publisher wanted exactly the same but completely different. I'd much rather just do something completely different, even if there's a risk of it going wrong.
children book thinking
Children simply don't make the distinction; a book is either good or bad. And some of the books they think are good are very, very bad indeed.
children sadness childhood
Appalling things can happen to children. And even a happy childhood is filled with sadnesses.
children writing fiction
When I was writing for children, I was writing genre fiction. It was like making a good chair. It needed four legs of the same length, it had to be the right height and it had to be comfortable.
children
Many childrens writers dont have children of their own
children book writing
Writing for children is bloody difficult; books for children are as complex as their adult counterparts, and they should therefore be accorded the same respect.
children honesty stupid
All the other children at my school are stupid. Except I'm not meant to call them stupid, even though this is what they are.
children book sunday
Most adults, unlike most children, understand the difference between a book that will hold them spellbound for a rainy Sunday afternoon and a book that will put them in touch with a part of themselves they didn't even know existed.
children cutting garden
I want to feel myself part of things, of the great drift and swirl: not cut off, missing things, like being sent to bed early as a child, the blinds being drawn while the sun and cheerful voices came through the chink from the garden.
children needs fans
I'm not that big a fan of marriage as an institution, and I don't know why women need to have children to be seen as complete human beings. Marisa Tomei
children
I wasn't a child at 13, were you? Marion Zimmer Bradley
children bears
A woman is never free to bear a child unless she is also free to abort it.
children lying heart
Remain true to yourself, child. If you know your own heart, you will always have one friend who does not lie.
children responsibility should-have
There must be a law against forcing children to perform at an early age. Children should have a wonderful childhood. They should not be given too much responsibility. Maria Callas