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Children should be like waffles--you should be able to throw the first one away.
Children should be like waffles--you should be able to throw the first one away.
A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place for himself-half your life goes read more
A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place for himself-half your life goes that way, till you're 45 or 50. Then, if you're lucky, you make terms with life, you get released. -Robert Penn Warren.
Children have more need of models than of critics.
Children have more need of models than of critics.
It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.
It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.
Children are curious and are risk takers. They have lots of courage. They venture out into a world that is read more
Children are curious and are risk takers. They have lots of courage. They venture out into a world that is immense and dangerous. A child initially trusts life and the processes of life.
It is amazing how quickly the kids learn to drive a car, yet are unable to understand the lawnmower, snow-blower, read more
It is amazing how quickly the kids learn to drive a car, yet are unable to understand the lawnmower, snow-blower, or vacuum cleaner.
It's frightening to think that you mark your children merely by being yourself. It seems unfair. You can't assume the read more
It's frightening to think that you mark your children merely by being yourself. It seems unfair. You can't assume the responsibility for everything you do --or don't do.
Cosmic upheaval is not so moving as a little child pondering the death of a sparrow in the corner of read more
Cosmic upheaval is not so moving as a little child pondering the death of a sparrow in the corner of a barn. -Tom Savage.
I don't know why I did it, I don't know why I enjoyed it, and I don't know why I'll read more
I don't know why I did it, I don't know why I enjoyed it, and I don't know why I'll do it again.
