7 Quotes by Jane Smiley about children


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    Arthur said, You must know that you don't love children for being good or bad. I know you know that.Why do you love them?Because you do, said Arthur. Because they don't know what's coming and maybe you do.

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    I loved the house the way you would any new house, because it is populated by your future, the family of children who will fill it with noise or chaos and satisfying busy pleasures.

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    I have reared, or helped to rear, five children and the scariest bit, bar none, is the learning-to-drive part. It has filled me with anxiety not only about the children, but also about my former self and my friends.

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    I was an only child. I've known only children. From this experience, I do believe that the children should outnumber the parents.

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    Combined families often get bad reviews, but the family my children got when they traded away 'the suffocating four-person' nuclear one is one that has benefited all of them.

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    There are several methods for introducing your children to driving, and all of them are bad. Probably the worst is to put it off.

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