#child

The enduring rapture with magic and fable has always struck me as latently childish and somehow sexless (and thus also related to childlessness). ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#childlessness #fable #fantasy-literature #literary-criticism #literature

If Children are God's Gift then adopted are God's child. ↗

— Revathi Sankaran

#adoption #children #god-s-love #love

Love is not governed by numbers ↗

— Kalia Lewis

#love-child #reunited-lovers #texas #love

They began work at 5:30 and quit at 7 at night. Children six years old going home to lie on a straw pallet until time to resume work the next morning! I have seen the hair torn out of their heads by the machinery, their scalps torn off, and yet not a single tear was shed, while the poodle dogs were loved and caressed and carried to the seashore. ↗

— Mother Jones

#children #dogs #poodles #home

She's not a baby anymore, my love, said Tarik softly. That's what we have to accept, you and I. ↗

— Soheir Khashoggi

#love

The Easter egg which was not found contained a letter from the hen who laid it, saying "Fuck your kids, What about mine? ↗

— Shay Caroline

#parents-and-children #love

She has to have four arms, four legs, four eyes, two hearts, and double the love. There is nothing “single” about a single mom. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#being-single #children #love #parenting #positive-thinking

A few years ago, kids from poor areas in France were asked to draw items of food. For a chicken, they drew a drumstick. For a fish, they drew a fish stick. Those are extremes, but there is a lot that needs to be done to help children discover good food. ↗

— Joel Robuchon

#areas #asked #chicken #children #discover

Only where children gather is there any real chance of fun. ↗

— Mignon McLaughlin

#inspirational #young-adult-fiction #inspirational

And that's when I heard the whisper in my heart's ear: "It's not about your childhood. It's about who you are! ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#childhood-memories #inspirational-life #inspirational-persona #inspirational-quotes #letting-go-of-childhood