#child

Life isn't so complicated for children. They have more time to think about the really important things. That's why I occasionally moralise in my children's books in a way I wouldn't dare when writing for adults. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#books #children #complicated #dare #i

There are many times when I think I would have rather died with my husband. It would have been pleasanter, simpler. But it would have been worse for the children and the family in general. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#children #died #family #general #husband

I want my children and grandchildren to see what I look like now. ↗

— Kylie Bax

#grandchildren #i #like #look #now

Making sure that when my child went to school people were enlightened enough not to torture them, you know? ↗

— Jennifer Beals

#enlightened #enough #know #making #people

I was an only child, but then my parents resettled with different partners, and I am now one of six. ↗

— Sophie Ellis Bextor

#child #different #i #i am #now

There's a great power of imagination about these little creatures, and a creative fancy and belief that is very curious to watch . . . I am sure that horrid matter-of-fact child-rearers . . . do away with the child's most beautiful privilege. I am determined that Anny shall have a very extensive and instructive store of learning in Tom Thumbs, Jack-the-Giant-Killers, etc. ↗

— William Makepeace Thackeray

#children #fairy-tales #upbringing #beauty

Being here allows me to make the case that not all aging, narcissistic movie actors whose children could be mistaken for their grandchildren necessarily act with the same motivation. ↗

— Warren Beatty

#aging #allows #being #case #children

What laughter is to childhood, sex is to adolescence. ↗

— Martha Beck

#childhood #laughter #sex

What is an adult? A child blown up by age. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#age #blown #child #up

Perfection is the child of time. ↗

— Joseph Hall

#perfection #time