"Christmas is taken very seriously in this household. I believe in Father Christmas, and there's no way I'd do anything to undermine that belief."

Family, Father, Belief, Christmas

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"Christmas is taken very seriously in this household. I believe in Father Christmas, and there's no way I'd do anything to undermine that belief."

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"Children are great observers."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Family, Children, Observers, World, Innocence

"Daddy is trying really fugging hard to think of a not-terrifying reason why you'd wake Daddy up in the middle of the night to ask that fugging question. But no. No. Daddy does not have a match or a lighter."

John Green, American Author

Family, Humor, Parenting, Night, Frustration

"May your home always be filled with love, laughter and happiness."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Family, Home, Love, Laughter, Happiness

"They say blood is thicker than water, but I say ice, can be more solid than blood, when times get cold."

Anthony Liccione, American Author

Family, Blood, Strength, Cold

"Father has a strengthening character like the sun and mother has a soothing temper like the moon."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Family, Father, Mother, Character, Strength

"Don't give up on yourself, your dreams and your family."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Family, Give, Dreams, Strength

"It is wonderful to live together as brothers and sisters."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Family, Unity, Together, Love

"Children observe everything with caution."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Family, Children, Observe, Caution, World

"You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children."

Madeleine L'Engle, American Novelist

Family, Children, Will

"Family is the greatest treasure."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Family, Treasure, Greatest, Blessing

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"I think the dangers are different now. Our abuse of the planet and our resources is an anxiety."

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"I'll be left writing picture books and fairy tales."

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"When you have a child, your previous life seems like someone else's. It's like living in a house and suddenly finding a room you didn't know was there, full of treasure and light."

Life

"I write in that space between Ella's childhood and mine. I know it all sounds a bit sinister."

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"Poets deal in writing about feelings and trying to find the language and images for intense feelings."

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"It's always good when women win things in fiction because it tends to be more male-dominated, unlike poetry, which is more equal."

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"Children are great observers."

"Daddy is trying really fugging hard to think of a not-terrifying reason why you'd wake Daddy up in the middle of the night to ask that fugging question. But no. No. Daddy does not have a match or a lighter."

"May your home always be filled with love, laughter and happiness."

"They say blood is thicker than water, but I say ice, can be more solid than blood, when times get cold."

"Father has a strengthening character like the sun and mother has a soothing temper like the moon."

"Don't give up on yourself, your dreams and your family."

"It is wonderful to live together as brothers and sisters."

"Children observe everything with caution."

"You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children."

"Family is the greatest treasure."

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"I think the dangers are different now. Our abuse of the planet and our resources is an anxiety."

"I'll be left writing picture books and fairy tales."

"When you have a child, your previous life seems like someone else's. It's like living in a house and suddenly finding a room you didn't know was there, full of treasure and light."

"Every day is a gift with a child, no matter what problems you have."

"I still read Donne, particularly his love poems."

"My prose is turgid, it just hasn't got any energy."

"Between 9am and 3pm is when I work most intensely."

"I write in that space between Ella's childhood and mine. I know it all sounds a bit sinister."

"Poets deal in writing about feelings and trying to find the language and images for intense feelings."

"It's always good when women win things in fiction because it tends to be more male-dominated, unlike poetry, which is more equal."