This congenial child I finally adopted. Who will ever guess the restorative support which that poor little orphan has been to me? It was a dark time, and she did me good — her genial, loyal, Irish temperament suited me. Elizabeth Blackwell
This congenial child I finally adopted. Who will ever guess the restorative support which that poor little orphan has been to me? It was a dark time, and she did me good — her genial, loyal, Irish temperament suited me.
My lifelong journey is one of many emotional and physical prisons; I went from abused child to repeated rape victim to desperate teen mother to solitary confinement where the boundary of my world was a 6’x10” cinder block room. Donna Hylton
My lifelong journey is one of many emotional and physical prisons; I went from abused child to repeated rape victim to desperate teen mother to solitary confinement where the boundary of my world was a 6’x10” cinder block room.
I remember that already as a child I was often intensely interested in things, obsessed by ideas and projects in many areas, and in these topics I learned much on my own, reading books. Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
I remember that already as a child I was often intensely interested in things, obsessed by ideas and projects in many areas, and in these topics I learned much on my own, reading books.
“There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.” John Locke
“There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.”
A child miseducated is a child lost. John F. Kennedy
A child miseducated is a child lost.
There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child. Henry Ward Beecher
There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
I was just so interested in what I was doing I could hardly wait to get up in the morning and get at it. One of my friends, a geneticist, said I was a child, because only children can't wait to get up in the morning to get at what they want to do. Barbara McClintock
I was just so interested in what I was doing I could hardly wait to get up in the morning and get at it. One of my friends, a geneticist, said I was a child, because only children can't wait to get up in the morning to get at what they want to do.
Give me a child and I'll shape him into anything. B. F. Skinner
Give me a child and I'll shape him into anything.
As a child I was a great liar. Fortunately my mother liked my lies. I promised her marvelous things. Gunter Grass
As a child I was a great liar. Fortunately my mother liked my lies. I promised her marvelous things.
A child of five could understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five. Groucho Marx
A child of five could understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.
I don't want to be a poster child for cancer. Patrick Swayze
I don't want to be a poster child for cancer.
Every child should at least grow up in family rather than without one. Foster Friess
Every child should at least grow up in family rather than without one.