“ Vous travaillez pour l'armee, madame?' (You are working for the army?), a Frenchwoman said to me early in the Vietnam war, on hearing I had three sons. Adrienne Rich
“ A child is a best story teller if it is encouraged to do so. Parents shouldn't get confused between a lie and an excuse. They should let their children open for excuses and see how many fantasies come… Anurag Bhatt
“ For a child, it is in the simplicity of play that the complexity of life is sorted like puzzle pieces joined together to make sense of the world. L.R. Knost
“ I can think of another quickie education for a child, which, in its way, is almost as salutary: Meeting a human being who is tremendously respected by the adult world, and realizing that that person i… Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
“ There were no fear of death in children’s eyes because they had seen hanging, stoning to death and chopping heads in playgrounds and parks. M.F. Moonzajer
“ I should like to know what sacrifices they make. I think it's the children who make the sacrifices. When I want to eat gooseberries and am not allowed to, the sacrifice is _mine_ not _Mother's_. Grete Lainer
“ I think love is sort of a con you play on yourself. I think the whole conception of love is something the previous generation invents to justify having created you. You know I think the real reason ch… Richard Hell
“ Residents of the squatter community of Christiana, Denmark, for example, have a Christmastide ritual where they dress in Santa suits, take toys from department stores and distribute them to children o… David Graeber
“ In a way that I haven’t yet figured out how to fully articulate, I believe that children who get to see bald eagles, coyotes, deer, moose, grouse, and other similar sights each morning will have a cer… Rick Bass
“ Children have a different convention of the fearful until they have been taught the proper things to be shocked at. John Wyndham
“ [I]f we can bring our children understanding, comfort, and hopefulness when they need this kind of support, then they are more likely to grow into adults who can find these resources within themselves… Fred Rogers
“ And that was the point of children, thought Caroline Meddey: to bind us to the earth and to the present, to distract us from death. Amanda Coplin
“ Peaceful with six children Darya Alexandrova could not be...Rare indeed were the brief periods of peace...hard though it was for the mother to bear the dread of illness, the illnesses themselves, and… Leo Tolstoy
“ I like Mr. Dickens’ books much better than yours, Papa. Said one of Thackeray’s daughters. David Markson
“ ...eyes that, like those of children, look at an eternal present without forgiveness. Italo Calvino
“ No parent/home/child/teacher/school has an all-round 100 percent wholeness. We all have limitations and problems. But I must never think it is all or nothing. Perhaps I'd like to live in the country,… Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
“ Children are infinitely credulous. My Lisa was a dull child, but even so she came up with things that pleased and startled me. 'Are there dragons?' she asked. I said that there were not. 'Have there e… Penelope Lively
