Quotes on “children”

You can't give her that!' she screamed. 'It's not safe!'IT'S A SWORD, said the Hogfather. THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO BE SAFE.'She's a child!' shouted Crumley.IT'S EDUCATIONAL.'What if she cuts herself?'THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT LESSON.

Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.

A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.

Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.

Having children is like living in a frat house - nobody sleeps, everything's broken, and there's a lot of throwing up.

She moved to pinch me again but I blocked her hand. I'm no expert on girls, but when one tries to pinch you four times, I'm pretty sure that's flirting.

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.

We spend the first year of a child's life teaching it to walk and talk and the rest of its life to shut up and sit down. There's something wrong there.

A DEFINITION NOT FOUNDIN THE DICTIONARYNot leaving: an act of trust and love,often deciphered by children

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.

It's not our job to toughen our children up to face a cruel and heartless world. It's our job to raise children who will make the world a little less cruel and heartless.

The only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children.

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself... You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.

While I was drying off Maddie after her bath tonight, she said, 'I love you' to me for the first time. It sounded like 'All lub boo,' but I didn't care. To reciprocate, I showed her what an ex-Marine looks like when he cries.

When you take the time to actually listen, with humility, to what people have to say, it's amazing what you can learn. Especially if the people who are doing the talking also happen to be children.

Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.