#children

If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life, as an unfailing antidote against the boredom and disenchantments of later years, the sterile preoccupation with things artificial, the alienation from the sources of our strength. ↗

— Rachel Carson

#nature #wonder #life

I think when you become a parent you go from being a star in the movie of your own life to the supporting player in the movie of someone else's. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#life #parents #life

You know, it's pretty easy reading this book to see why I was angry and confused for all those years. I lived my life being told different stories: some true, some lies and I still don't know which is which. Children are born innocent. At birth we are very much like a new hard drive - no viruses, no bad information, no crap that's been downloaded into it yet. It's what we feed into that hard drive, or in my case "head drive" that starts the corruption of the files. ↗

— Nikki Sixx

#children #corruption #knowledge #mind #nikki-sixx

Let us be the ones who say we do not accept that a child dies every three seconds simply because he does not have the drugs you and I have. Let us be the ones to say we are not satisfied that your place of birth determines your right for life. Let us be outraged, let us be loud, let us be bold. ↗

— Brad Pitt

#children #health-care #healthcare #medicine #neglect

They play in the Meadow. The dancing girl with the dark hair and blue eyes. The boy with blond curls and gray eyes, struggling to keep up with her on his chubby toddler legs. It took five, ten, fifteen years for me to agree. But Peeta wanted them so badly. When I first felt her stirring inside of me, I was consumed with a terror that felt as old as life itself. Only the joy of holding her in my arms could tame it. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#life

Bear in mind, children, that they listen to you because you are kids—not because you are right. That's how our Father listens to us. ↗

— Rich Mullins

#father #life #life

Your children will smash your understanding, knowledge and reality. You will be better off. Then they will leave. You'll miss them forever. ↗

— Tibor Kalman

#knowledge #life #life

The most out-there thing I’m saying is, ‘Don’t have babies. Don’t get married and have kids. Have a larger life than that. ↗

— Roseanne Barr

#childfree #childless #children #life #marriage

I look forward to a lot more free time, at least initially, with my wife, Lisa, and our three children. ↗

— Steve Yzerman

#forward #free #free time #i #initially

When I feel angry, I want to say something mean, or yell, or hit. But feeling like I want to is not the same as doing it. Feeling can't hurt anyone or get me into trouble, but doing can." (Bunny from picture book) ↗

— Cornelia Maude Spelman

#helping-children-manage-anger #managing-emotion #non-violence #anger