"The children whom nobody leads by the hand are the children who know they are children."

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"Sometimes we're so concerned about giving our children what we never had growing up, we neglect to give them what we did have growing up."

James Dobson, American Psychologist

Family, Children, Giving, Growingup, Neglect

"What thumbsuckers we all are...when it comes to mothers."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Family, Emotion, Attachment, Childhood, Reflection

"Of course there are mothers,squeezing their breastsdry, pawning their bodies,shedding teeth for their children,or that's our fond belief.But remember - Hanseland Gretel were dumped in the forestbecause their parents were starving."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Family, Sacrifice, Motherhood, Poverty, Children

"When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why god? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, "There's just something about you that pisses me off.""

Stephen King, American Author

Family, Life, God, Job

"Happy or unhappy, families are all mysterious. We have only to imagine how differently we would be described - and will be, after our deaths - by each of the family members who believe they know us."

Gloria Steinem, American Activist

Family, Will

"It is a wise child that knows its own father and an unusual one that unreservedly approves of him."

Mark Twain, American Author

Family, Father, Approval, Wisdom

"To each other, we were as normal and nice as the smell of bread. We were just a family. In a family even exaggerations make perfect sense."

John Irving, American Novelist

Family, Sense

"I've been my mom's kitchen helper since I was a little kid."

Taylor Swift, American Musician

Family, Childhood, Helpfulness, Learning

"Derek cuddled his daughter against his shoulder and spoke in a mixture of baby words and cockney, a language only she seemed to understand."

Lisa Kleypas, American Novelist

Family, Father, Daughter, Love, Language

"As a mother, you need to remember that a loving and compassionate God is one hundred percent aware of your child's situation."

Elizabeth George, American Author

Family, Motherhood, Compassion, God, Love

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"Set out from any point. They are all alike. They all lead to a point of departure."

Journey

"Infancy is what is eternal, and the rest, all the rest, is brevity, extreme brevity."

Life

"He who does not fill his world with phantoms remains alone."

World

"In a full heart there is room for everything, and in an empty heart there is room for nothing."

Heart

"Flowers are without hope. Because hope is tomorrow and flowers have no tomorrow."

Hope

"If you are good to this one and that one, this one and that one will say that you are good. If you are good to everyone, no one will say that you are good."

Will

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"Sometimes we're so concerned about giving our children what we never had growing up, we neglect to give them what we did have growing up."

"What thumbsuckers we all are...when it comes to mothers."

"Of course there are mothers,squeezing their breastsdry, pawning their bodies,shedding teeth for their children,or that's our fond belief.But remember - Hanseland Gretel were dumped in the forestbecause their parents were starving."

"When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why god? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, "There's just something about you that pisses me off.""

"Happy or unhappy, families are all mysterious. We have only to imagine how differently we would be described - and will be, after our deaths - by each of the family members who believe they know us."

"It is a wise child that knows its own father and an unusual one that unreservedly approves of him."

"To each other, we were as normal and nice as the smell of bread. We were just a family. In a family even exaggerations make perfect sense."

"I've been my mom's kitchen helper since I was a little kid."

"Derek cuddled his daughter against his shoulder and spoke in a mixture of baby words and cockney, a language only she seemed to understand."

"As a mother, you need to remember that a loving and compassionate God is one hundred percent aware of your child's situation."

Explore more quotes by Antonio Porchia

"Set out from any point. They are all alike. They all lead to a point of departure."

"They will say you are on the wrong road, if it is your own."

"That in man which cannot be domesticated is not his evil but his goodness."

"My poverty is not complete: it lacks me."

"You do not see the river of mourning because it lacks one tear of your own."

"Infancy is what is eternal, and the rest, all the rest, is brevity, extreme brevity."

"He who does not fill his world with phantoms remains alone."

"In a full heart there is room for everything, and in an empty heart there is room for nothing."

"Flowers are without hope. Because hope is tomorrow and flowers have no tomorrow."

"If you are good to this one and that one, this one and that one will say that you are good. If you are good to everyone, no one will say that you are good."