Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the read more

Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.

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.

Your children need your presence more than your presents.

Your children need your presence more than your presents.

We never know the love of our parents for us until we have become parents.

We never know the love of our parents for us until we have become parents.

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all read more

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.

A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.

Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, read more

Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is again made clean.

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."