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“[C]hildren know good when they see it.”

Book:The Color Purple

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The Color Purple

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Alice Walker

Alice Walker is a renowned American author born on February 9, 1944. Her works are known for their profound social criticism and feminist ideas, with notable titles including 'The Color Purple' and 'Beloved'. more

“I think we should all wince when we hear a small child being labelled as belonging to some particular religion or another. Small children are too young to decide their views on the origins of the cosmos, of life and of morals. The very sound of the phrase "Christian child" or "Muslim child" should grate like fingernails on a blackboard.”

Children Religion Religious Faith Childhood Abuse

Book:The God Delusion

Source: The God Delusion

“The world doesn’t stop for heartbreak. It keeps moving, and maybe that’s the only mercy it offers.”

Love Life Romance Poetry Quotes Healing Emotional Heartbreak Moving On

Book:Hearts That Met Too Soon

Source: Hearts That Met Too Soon

“There is more in front: a timid, desperate cub Locked in a fickle case, wounded and incoherent. We are all that youngling, together in this cosmic hub, And we are not alone in the universe, we are it. But beware the pavement makes us only see the peachy— We care about the diapered: the children and the old, And anyone in between is just an asshole species. The challenge is to see the little child through their cold For we don’t grow at the same pace as our body.”

Children Relationships Justice Violence Identity Forgiveness Hatred Cruelty Judgement First Impressions

Book:Can I Tell You Something?

Source: Can I Tell You Something?

“I kept my identity to myself as soon as I found it. I had seen it before, in cartoon characters...Big Bird and the Brave Little Toaster. They didn't have to be a young girl or a young boy with dark insecurities and stigmatized daydreams. They could transcend ambiguously between boy, girl, hero, villain, martyr.”

Children Gender Transgender Sesame Street Androgynous Closeted

Book:Spit and Passion

Source: Spit and Passion

“I followed along with President Trump's impeachment and what I saw was akin to two groups of children ganging up on each other.”

Children President Groups Trump Illegal Impeachment Followed Along Akin Ganging

Author:Steven Magee

“If the government had been set up to guarantee a minimum subsistence allowance to all adults and children, COVID-19 would not have caused so much mayhem.”

Children Government Adults Covid 19 Minimum Allowance Mayhem Subsistence Guarantee Caused

Author:Steven Magee

“I’m determined never to be a parent. Modern manners and the break-up of the fine old traditions have simply ruined the business. I shall devote my life and fortune to the endowment of research on the best method of producin’ human beings decorously and unobtrusively from eggs. All parental responsibility to devolve upon the incubator.”

Children Humor Wimsey

Book:The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

Source: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

“There will be many orphaned children by the time the COVID-19 pandemic is over.”

Children Time Coronavirus Covid 19 Pandemic Flu Many Mutant Over Orphaned

Author:Steven Magee

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