#playgrounds

everybody he knew was going quietly mad from being tied on a leash that was too short. ↗

— Harry Crews

#family

Child welfare ought really to cover all sorts of topics, such as better water and sanitation and good roads, and clean streets and public parks and playgrounds. ↗

— Marjory Stoneman Douglas

#child #clean #cover #good #ought

I've hung out at dozens of playgrounds, bored out of my mind, with not even a look of comfort from disapproving mothers all around me. Either they think I'm a pedophile or a deadbeat dad. That's what I get for being a single dad - suspicious looks at the playground. ↗

— Dominic West

#being #bored #comfort #dad #disapproving

you just had to be still and have faith, that was the main thing. ↗

— Jim Dodge

#faith

a wife's faithful to her husband, subject to him. it's in the bible. ↗

— Elmore Leonard

#faith

If I get a script that's set in the jungle it goes to the bottom of the pile because I don't think the playgrounds are going to be very good there! I'm really aware of how lucky I am but I have the kind of job where I can bring my child to work. ↗

— Kate Beckinsale

#aware #because #bottom #bring #child

The government only makes restrictive rules, they don't show you what to do so you know, OK, here's where we need this many apartments, with open space, playgrounds, kindergartens. ↗

— Harry Seidler

#here #know #makes #many #need

Against inebriation – and for drunkenness! Burn down the liquor stores, and replace them with playgrounds! ↗

— CrimethInc.

#inebriation #liquor #play #playgrounds #anarchy

sometimes i lose faith in human nature for a time; i am assailed by doubt. ↗

— William Faulkner

#faith

Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was always warm. My mother and father had a great relationship. I always felt 'safe' there. ↗

— Robert Cormier

#always #bleak #family #family life #father