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They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their read more
They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their sympathy and their kind-hearted jokes, it would only make me want to scream all the more. If I talk, everyone thinks I'm showing off; when I'm silent they think I'm ridiculous; rude if I answer, sly if I get a good idea, lazy if I'm tired, selfish if I eat a mouthful more than I should, stupid, cowardly, crafty, etc. etc.
It is a wise child that knows his own father.
It is a wise child that knows his own father.
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.
All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child.
All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child.
Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.
Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.
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.
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 society in which adults are estranged from the world of children, and often from their own childhood, tends to read more
A society in which adults are estranged from the world of children, and often from their own childhood, tends to hear children's speech only as a foreign language, or as a lie. Children have been treated. as congenital fibbers, fakers and fantasisers.
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.
