in Quotes & Aphorisms (Kids And Children)
A widow has two tasks before her, whose duties clash: she is a mother, and yet she must exercise paternal authority.
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A widow has two tasks before her, whose duties clash: she is a mother, and yet she must exercise paternal authority.
The joys of parents are secret; and so are their griefs and fears. They cannot utter the one; nor they will not utter the other.
Every time a good child dies, an angel of God comes down to earth. He takes the child in his arms, spreads out his great white wings, and flies with it all over the places the child loved on earth. The angel plucks a large handful of flowers, and they carry it with them up to God, where the flowers bloom more brightly than they ever did on earth.
My father had a profound influence on me. He was a lunatic.
Our deeds are like children that are born to us; they live and act apart from our own will. Nay, children may be strangled, but deeds never: they have an indestructible life both in and out of our consciousness.
My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.
A child is tied to our heart-strings, as the spheres are linked to their creator; we cannot think of God except as a mother's heart writ large. It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion; it is a joy of every moment.
A mother, who is really a mother, is never free.
If you have children, you don't want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It's just not good.
A year at the breast is quite enough; children who are suckled longer are said to grow stupid, and I am all for popular sayings.