#child

Nursery-rhyme morality has gotten me into no end of trouble, largely because it is presented through such fine poetry. Nursery rhymes dramatize the eternal conflict between aesthetics and ethics in a manner that every child can appreciate. There isn’t an adult walking around today that hasn’t been psychologically devastated by them. ↗

— Bauvard

#funny #humor #morality #nursery-rhymes #poetry

What a schmuck! ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#funny #kids-lit #lemony-snickets #series-of-unfortunate-events #funny

I'm a widower with three sons and seven grandchildren. One of my sons is my partner on the ranch. ↗

— Wilford Brimley

#i #partner #ranch #seven #sons

On the stairs he was crying so much he hardly saw where he was going - not a mad boo-hoo but wailing sheets of tears, shaken into funny groans by the bump of each step as he hurried down. ↗

— Alan Hollinghurst

#children #funny

Feel no guilt. Getting married and giving birth does not mean that you have sold your life away to perfectly healthy people who can get their own damn socks. ↗

— Jennifer Crusie

#guilt #marriage #life

I like all my children, even the squat and ugly ones. ↗

— Howard Nemerov

#even #i #like #ones #squat

Children in the abstract, had never appealed to me. They seemed to be loud creatures, often dripping some form of goo. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#humor #humor

Good call, Bob. ↗

— Jan Thomas

#humor #humor

The culture without children is forever immature, self-obsessed and rightous. They cannot help the high opinion they have of themselves; there's no kids around to show them otherwise. ↗

— James Wilson

#humor #humor

I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#love #parenting #love