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"The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight."
"Kids are a great analogy. You want your kids to grow up, and you don't want your kids to grow up. You want your kids to become independent of you, but it's also a parent's worst nightmare: That they won't need you. It's like the real tragedy of parenting."
"I learned to love my son without wanting to possess him and I learned how to teach him to teach himself."
"Sometimes your kids will say the nastiest things, won't they, Rose? You want to ask,'Whose child is this?'"Rose chuckled."But usually, they're just in some kind of pain. They need to work it out."
"I don't think my parents liked me. They put a live teddy bear in my crib."
"Never tell a child that something it's too hard."
Explore more quotes by Caroline B. Cooney
"I get letters from readers who say that they have always hated reading, but somebody suggested one of my books, they actually finished the book and enjoyed it, and they're going on to read another book. I'm thrilled that they have figured out that reading is fun."
"I believe my voice is pretty much the same. I've written 75 books, so I'm better at it now than I was earlier in my career."
"I love all of it, thinking up the plots, getting to know the kids in the story, their parents, backyards, pizza toppings."
"If you write a story based on a real person, you're trapped by the details of the real person and his life. It gets in the way of writing your own story."
"People nearly always believe, and are willing to back it up with weapons and cruelty, that their religion and way of life is better than the other person's."
"I approach serious subjects, and I like to have the good guys win and have the parents among the good guys."
"I believe my readers are crazy about their parents and want to be just like them when they grow up."
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