James Carstairs! Jem! Where are you, you disloyal bastard?
Come in. And try not to murder any of my guests.
Just coffee. Black—like my soul.
There were some memories, though, that never faded.
Who knew paper and ink could be so vicious
I really like to please people, and I think it's a symptom of being an only child.
What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give.
When I was growing up, 'Anna Karenina' was one of my favourite books.
In fact, ballet companies did not exist in the Midwest when I was a child.
I was the eldest child, so I know how it feels to have attention shared with a sibling.
When we lose our spiritual child then that is when we have grown old.
Honesty and authenticity are a big deal for me.
Shirley Temple had charisma as a child. But it cleared up as an adult.
I went on two holidays as a child. It wasn't what people did where I grew up.
For me, as a child, I certainly thought that there were more black people in the world than white people.
Every child deserves to be a boat cast out in a sea of books.
Every single minute matters, every single child matters, every single childhood matters.
As an adult, it's a huge shock to be orphaned; as a child it's just hideous, ghastly.
It's natural for a child to assume that his or her own childhood is unremarkable.
Losing a child is probably the singular most horrible thing.
No skill is more crucial to the future of a child than literacy.
