#child

And that was the point of children, thought Caroline Meddey: to bind us to the earth and to the present, to distract us from death. ↗

— Amanda Coplin

#death #literature-quotes #death

There is no end to the violations committed by children on children, quietly talking alone. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#children #committed #end #quietly #talking

A child, like your stomach, doesn't need all you can afford to give it. ↗

— Frank A. Clark

#child #give #like #need #stomach

I love children and I love men, but I can't commit to either for the rest of my life. ↗

— Lara Flynn Boyle

#commit #either #i #i love #life

Job was the greatest of all the children of the east, and his afflictions were well-nigh more than he could bear; but even if we imagined them wearing him to death, that would not make his story tragic. ↗

— Andrew Coyle Bradley

#bear #children #could #death #east

We say that a girl with her doll anticipates the mother. It is more true, perhaps, that most mothers are still but children with playthings. ↗

— F. H. Bradley

#children #doll #girl #her #more

Let individuals create real wealth, empower them, create something that they can leave for their children. ↗

— John Sununu

#create #empower #individuals #leave #real

Birth was something that came quite unexpectedly, and afterwards there was one child more in the house. ↗

— Georg Brandes

#birth #came #child #house #more

I was a town child, it is true, but that did not prevent me enjoying open-air life, with plants and animals. ↗

— Georg Brandes

#did #enjoying #i #life #me

I was a child when the March on Washington led by Martin Luther King occurred, and I wanted to hear what was going on. I wanted to be a part of it. I wanted to contribute in the best way I possibly could. ↗

— Andre Braugher

#best way #child #contribute #could #going