“except for love
there should not be an always
a child
cannot escape”
Source: boy
“Mrs. Teague, I am sorry, but you have metastatic Ovarian Cancer."
After about a minute or two, I turned back to him and looked at him and said, "No, I have two small children!”
Source: Cancer Is for Older People: How Young Minds Beat an Old Disease
“I woke
And crept
Like a cat
On silent feet
About my own house-
To look
At you
While you were sleeping,
Your hair
Sprayed on the pillow,
Your eyes
Closed,
Your body
Safe and solitary,
And my doors
Shut for your safety
And your comfort.
I did this
Thinking I was intruding
Yet wanting to see
The most beautiful thing
That has ever been in my house.”
Source: Blue Horses
“Ahem," she said. "What are you doing?" Jessica had a voice that rose and fell like a swooping kite. The children instantly stopped what they were doing and looked self-conscious, like cats that have fallen off something ungracefully and now sit licking themselves, pretending nothing has happened.”
Source: Her Fearful Symmetry
“If we change the way we see our children, the way they see themselves will change. Always look for the good.”
Source: The Danish Way of Parenting: What the Happiest People in the World Know About Raising Confident, Capable Kids
“Some mountains will bring you fulfilment, so do not loathe them; embrace them.”
Source: Coming to Grips with the Mountains and Valleys of This World
“Focus on what you can do, not on what you can't.”
Source: The Danish Way of Parenting: What the Happiest People in the World Know About Raising Confident, Capable Kids
“I might ask if I am a good Dad to the child within me, for all effective parenting begins there.”
“The kid was swell. He was walking in the street, instead of on the sidewalk, but right next to the curb. He was making out like he was walking a very straight line, the way kids do, and the whole time he kept singing and humming. I got up closer so I could hear what he was singing. He was singing that song, 'If a body catch a body coming through the rye.' He had a pretty little voice, too. He was just singing for the hell of it, you could tell. The cars zoomed by, brakes screeched all over the place, his parents paid no attention to him, and he kept on walking next to the curb and singing 'If a body catch a body coming through the rye.' It made me feel better. It made me feel not so depressed any more.”
Source: THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
“Childhood begins to end once the child stops being happy to see its parent return home unless they have brought it something.”