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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.
Adolescence is a period of rapid changes. Between the ages of 12 and 17, for example, a parent ages as read more
Adolescence is a period of rapid changes. Between the ages of 12 and 17, for example, a parent ages as much as 20 years.
You have to love your children unselfishly. That is hard. But it is the only way.
You have to love your children unselfishly. That is hard. But it is the only way.
The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.
The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.
Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and read more
Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss.
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.
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. read more
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. [Proverbs 22:15].
Let a man turn to his own childhood -- no further -- if he will renew his sense of remoteness, read more
Let a man turn to his own childhood -- no further -- if he will renew his sense of remoteness, and of the mystery of change.
