Children

"Orfanages r fule of little misstakes, just like my Englich."

"To Parents Teach your child what they should know if not, their friends will teach them with wrong information. They will suffer the consequences of not knowing which results to hard life, suffering and being bad people with no morlas in life."

"Mr. Trask, do you think the thoughts of people suddenly become important at a given age? Do you have sharper feelings or clearer thoughts now than when you were ten? Do you see as well, hear as well, taste as vitally?"

"Staring at a world too horrible to comprehend, believing -- by dint of ignorance and innocence -- that beneath this unbearable contract of guilt and blame there is always an older contract that may bind and release in a more salutary way."

"When you've had one call after another and your little one is tugging on your shirt, remember what really matters. When the milk is splattered all over the floor and those little eyes are looking at you for your reaction, remember what really matters. It takes 5 minutes to clean up spilled milk; it takes much longer to clean up a broken spirit."

"The complexities of adult life get in the way of the truth. The great philosophers have always been able to clear away the complexities and see simple distinctions - simple once they are stated, vastly difficult before. If we are to follow them we too must be childishly simple in our questions - and maturely wise in our replies."

"Beyond all sciences, philosophies, theologies, and histories, a child's relentless inquiry is truly all it takes to remind us that we don't know as much as we think we know."

"Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them"

"Casey doesn't trust him."Casey doesn't trust anyone," I replied. "He's paranoid like that. I mean, come on, he's a werewolf who installed a nanny cam in his kids' room." I pointed my spoon at Ali for emphasis. "A nanny cam."

"How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it"

"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."

"Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; and how she would keep, through all her riper years, the simple and loving heart of her childhood: and how she would gather about her other little children, and make their eyes bright and eager with many a strange tale, perhaps even with the dream of Wonderland of long ago: and how she would feel with all their simple sorrows, and find a pleasure in all their simple joys, remembering her own child-life, and the happy summer days."

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

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

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

"No sight so sad as that of a naughty child," he began, "especially a naughty little girl. Do you know where the wicked go after death"They go to hell," was my ready and orthodox answer."And what is hell? Can you tell me that"A pit full of fire."And should you like to fall into that pit, and to be burning there for ever"No, sir."What must you do to avoid it"I deliberated a moment: my answer, when it did come was objectionable: "I must keep in good health and not die."

"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."

"Look at children. Of course they may quarrel, but generally speaking they do not harbor ill feelings as much or as long as adults do. Most adults have the advantage of education over children, but what is the use of an education if they show a big smile while hiding negative feelings deep inside? Children don’t usually act in such a manner. If they feel angry with someone, they express it, and then it is finished. They can still play with that person the following day."

"It's the children the world almost breaks who grow up to save it."

"You have to be grateful to existence that it has chosen you to be a passage for a few beautiful children. But you are not to interfere in their growth, in their potential. You are not to impose yourself upon them. They are not going to live in the same times, they are not going to face the same problems. They will be part of another world. Don´t prepare them for this world, this society, this time, because then you will be creating troubles for them. They will find themselves unfit, unqualified."