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They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their read more
They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their sympathy and their kind-hearted jokes, it would only make me want to scream all the more. If I talk, everyone thinks I'm showing off; when I'm silent they think I'm ridiculous; rude if I answer, sly if I get a good idea, lazy if I'm tired, selfish if I eat a mouthful more than I should, stupid, cowardly, crafty, etc. etc.
The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible, and achieve it, generation after read more
The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible, and achieve it, generation after generation. -Pearl S. Buck.
Let the child's first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt.
Let the child's first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt.
Children should be like waffles--you should be able to throw the first one away.
Children should be like waffles--you should be able to throw the first one away.
things without defense: insects, kittens, small boys.
things without defense: insects, kittens, small boys.
Better to be driven out from among men than to be disliked of children.
Better to be driven out from among men than to be disliked of children.
By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment read more
By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future. More youth quotes coming soon. If you have a quote, proverb or saying about youth that you would like to be posted on this page please use the 'Submit a Quote' form below. -Unknown.
A society in which adults are estranged from the world of children, and often from their own childhood, tends to read more
A society in which adults are estranged from the world of children, and often from their own childhood, tends to hear children's speech only as a foreign language, or as a lie. Children have been treated. as congenital fibbers, fakers and fantasisers.
As long as you can still be dissapointed, you are still young. -Sarah Churchill.
As long as you can still be dissapointed, you are still young. -Sarah Churchill.
