“ Oh God, forgive me for the hateful thoughts, because I love them, these brutal, disarming bastards, I love them … E.R. Braithwaite
“ To speak of ‘trying again’ while her ghost was still in the room was an insult to both the child gone before and the child that might come after. The child before might be merely a precursor, a practi… Anna Spargo-Ryan
“ How do you explain to a child who likes everyone in the world that adult life consists to a great extent of cutting people away? Miranda Emmerson
“ Children harbor a great many doubts and sorrows that could be eased by a loving hug from a parent. Richelle E. Goodrich
“ Validate my existence with your words and I will speak to you all the day long. Richelle E. Goodrich
“ I am but the reflection in your eyes, the effect of your expressions, and the sum of your praise and criticism. Richelle E. Goodrich
“ My name is Hazel. I started out as an idea, but I ended up something more. Not much more, to be honest. It's not like I grow up to become some great war hero or any sort of all important savior... but… Brian K. Vaughan
“ ...those children were already beginning to repay her care by affording her small joys. These joys were so trifling as to be as imperceptible as grains of gold among the sand, and in moments of depres… Leo Tolstoy
“ I wondered why so many gardens around the world focused on the healing power of plants rather than their ability to kill… I felt that most children I knew would be more interested in hearing how a pla… Jane Percy
“ Something happened to you, they discovered, when you were given the unconditional love and trust of a child.You wanted to try to deserve it. Lisa Kleypas
“ To make a child laugh, you don’t have to do something spectacular because they have already the ability to make themselves happy almost out of nothing! Mehmet Murat ildan
“ Koji pulled Ruben onto the next cog. Together, they became part of the space between things. Bruce Whatley
“ She wished for a moment that they were all children again. It still seemed extraordinary to her, that everything had turned out the way it had. Sarah Waters
“ If there are ten thousand medieval peasants who create vampires by believing them real, there may be one–probably a child–who will imagine the stake necessary to kill it. But a stake is only stupid wo… Stephen King
“ Let us admit that some government programs and personnel are efficient and effective, and others are not. Let us acknowledge that when it comes to the treatment of children, some individuals are evil,… Hillary Rodham Clinton
“ But I had no idea what I looked like. Children may feel epic and large to theyselves and yet be only scraps to view. Sebastian Barry
“ It is a solemn thing, and no small scandal in the Kingdom, to see God's children starving while actually seated at the Father's table. Oswald Chambers
“ The most important question I ask myself as a parent is this. How can I best help my children be fully themselves and happy with who they are in the world, however they show up. Lehla Eldridge
