#child

When we suffer anguish we return to early childhood because that is the period in which we first learnt to suffer the experience of total loss. It was more than that. It was the period in which we suffered more total losses than in all the rest of our life put together. ↗

— John Berger

#psychology #suffering #experience

Genius is childhood recalled at will. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#genius #recalled #will

There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the adult world. ↗

— Jean Baudrillard

#adult #children #demand #festival #funny

Children often have a much stronger concept of morality than adults. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#concept #morality #much #often #stronger

I like writing for children. It seems to me that most people underestimate their understanding and the strength of their feelings and in my books for them I try to put this right. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#children #feelings #i #like #me

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