Quotes of: Child Keyword

No child ever became ‘good’ by being told that she or he was bad or by beating her/him.

How to Build Self-Esteem and Be Confident: Overcome Fears, Break Habits, Be Successful and Happy

School is one long illness with symptoms that switch every five minutes so you think it's getting better or worse. But really it's the same thing for years and years.

Boy, Snow, Bird

Books are love letters (or apologies) passed between us, adding a layer of conversation beyond our spoken words.

The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child

The purpose of school should not be to prepare students for more school. We should be seeking to have fully engaged students now.

The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child

Hello, companion," said Magnus. The monkey made a terrible sound, half snarl and half hiss. "I begin to rather doubt the beauty of our friendship," said Magnus.

The Bane Chronicles

My mother has a gap between her two front teeth. So does Daddy Gunnar. Each child in this family has the same space connecting us.

Brown Girl Dreaming

A brick could be placed on your child’s cafeteria lunch tray, in place of the less appetizing and more unnatural food they normally serve.


Brick and Blanket Test in Brick City (Ocala) Florida

their suburbia house in Brentwood" was how she referred to the house when we bought it, a twelve-year-old establishing that it was not her decision, not her taste, a child claiming the distance all children imagine themselves to need.

Blue Nights

The greatest privileges: You are saved. You are a child of Most High God. You are co-heirs with Christ. You share in Christ suffering, life adversities. You share in Christ glory, strength of will and survival of life's difficulties.

Beautiful Quotes

Listen, my child, to the voices of your ancestors. Take pride in our accomplishments; find your strength in our suffering. For WE are not just voices in the wind, WE are a living part of YOU

Beyond Sandy Ridge

[Harry] had always suffered from a vague restlessness, a longing for adventure that she told herself severely was the result of reading too many novels when she was a small child.

The Blue Sword

Find something useful to do with your morning,' she thought to him as she neared her chambers. 'Do something heroic in front of an audience. Knock a child into a river while no one's looking and then rescue him.

Bitterblue

Jace slammed his hand down on the stele. “Clary-“ “She said she doesn’t want it,” said Simon. “Ha-ha.” “Ha-ha?” Jace looked incredulous. “That’s your comeback?

City of Ashes

You left me. You made a pet out of me, and then you left me. If love were food, I would have starved on the bones you gave me.

City of Fallen Angels

Fate is never fair. You are caught in a current much stronger than you are; struggle against it and you'll drown not just yourself but those who try to save you. Swim with it. and you'll survive

City of Ashes

Jordan slammed the coatrack down on the ground and sighed. "if you were a vampire, this would have been a lot more useful." "yes," said jace. "or, you know, just someone with a lot of coats.

City of Fallen Angels

You said there was nothing in the world you wanted" The Queen's eyes glittered. "When you imagine your life without him, do you still feel the same?

City of Fallen Angels

I love you Clary. More then I ever-- God. More than i probably should. You know that, don't you?

City of Fallen Angels

I suppose you've always been amazing at this stuff?" "I was born amazing" Jace stroked her cheek with the tips of his fingertips, lightly but enough to make her shiver.

City of Fallen Angels

We had and incident. I took care of it." "Really." Jace's voice dripped sarcasm. "Do you even know how to use that knife, Clarissa? Without poking a hole in yourself or any innocent bystanders?

City of Ashes

But unlike you," said Jace, "there is nothing of hell in us." "You are mortal; you age; you die," the Queen said dismissively. "If that is not hell, pray tell me, what is?

City of Ashes