15,393 Quotes About Children

Adults had the notion that juveniles needed to suffer. Only when they had suffered enough to wipe out most of their naturally joyous spirits and innocence were they staid enough to be considered mature. An adult was essentially a broken-down child.

Dope.They sell that shit to schoolkids.It's worse than that.How's that?Schoolkids buy it.

There," she said. She rocked him back and forth. "There, you foolish, beautiful boy who wants to change the world. There, there. And who could keep from loving you? Who could keep from loving a boy so brave and true?

A man's immortality can be found in his children.

What we instill in our children will be the foundation upon which they build their future.

How can she expect her children to dream as big as the stars if they can't lift their heads to gaze upon them?

Why do we go to such lengths to protect the fragile minds of children? We only robbed them of the truth--and the chance to grow numb to it before it arrived with a hard knock on the door.

I hope our daughters are born with so much fire in their souls, they could put volcanoes and stars to shame.

And a mother without children is not a mother at all, and if I am not a mother, than I am nothing. Nothing. I am like sugar dissolved in a glass of water. Or, I am like salt, which disappears when you cook with it. I am salt. Without my children, I cease to exist.