Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: "I'm with you kid. Let's go."

Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: "I'm with you kid. Let's go."

A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.

A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.

Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them

Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them

When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went read more

When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. And now when every new baby is born its first laugh becomes a fairy. So there ought to be one fairy for every boy or girl.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

Whatever they grow up to be, they are still our children, and the one most important of all the things read more

Whatever they grow up to be, they are still our children, and the one most important of all the things we can give to them is unconditional love. Not a love that depends on anything at all except that they are our children.

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in read more

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in the morning.

Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of read more

Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision.

Child abuse casts a shadow the length of a lifetime.

Child abuse casts a shadow the length of a lifetime.