“The man I choose to be will have a great influence on who my children become...”
Source: Rednecks
“I realized protecting my children meant speaking truths I had buried for decades.”
Source: Broken Secrets
“Oh, look at me, Montag. The man who loved books, no, the boy who was wild for them, insane for them, who climbed the stacks like a chimpanzee gone mad for them.
I ate them like salad, books were my sandwich for lunch, my tiffin and dinner and midnight munch. I tore out the pages, ate them with salt, doused them with relish, gnawed on the bindings, turned the chapters with my tongue! Books by the dozen, the score, and the billion. I carried so many home I was hunchbacked for years.”
Source: Fahrenheit 451
“Say this about a child. In you they will always find a use. Say this as well. They cannot imagine a world where you do not love them, for what else should one do but love them?”
Source: Black Leopard, Red Wolf
“- Quero apresentar reclamação ao chef de cozinha! - exclamou o Potter, zangado.
- Então? Passa-se alguma coisa com a vossa comida? - questionou o empregado, prontamente.
- O chef trocou o açucareiro pelo saleiro! Quer provar este bolo?
- Não, obrigado. Não preciso provar, o bolo do caco não é um doce. É uma espécie de pão típico da Madeira!”
Source: O cruzeiro dos animais
“I think that whenever children be born that are not wanted they should be killed directly, before their souls come to 'em, and not allowed to grow big and walk about!”
Source: Jude: The Shooting Script
“While you may be able to keep your son Jimmy from owning [a gun], if you try to talk him out of wanting one, you are up against a pretty strong argument: You mean I shouldn't want a device that grants me power and identity, makes me feel dangerous and safe at the same time, instantly makes me the dominant male, and connects me to my evolutionary essence? Come on, Mom, get real!”
Source: Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe
“...indeed, with the Radletts, you never could tell. Why, for instance, would Victoria bellow like a bull and half kill Jassy whenever Jassy said, in a certain tone of voice, pointing her finger with a certain look, "Fancy?" I think they hardly knew why, themselves.”
Source: Love in a Cold Climate
“It was Sunday, and Mumma had gone next door with Lena and the little ones. Under the pepper tree in the yard Pa was sorting, counting, the empty bottles he would sell back: the bottles going clink clink as Pa stuck them in the sack. The fowls were fluffing in the dust and sun: that crook-neck white pullet Mumma said she would hit on the head if only she had the courage to; but she hadn't.”
Source: The Vivisector
“Genuine people will not only celebrate you when you are on the mountaintop, but they will also encourage you when you are at rock bottom. They will provide support and motivation through it all.”
Source: Coming to Grips with the Mountains and Valleys of This World