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Child Quotes (page 34)

Chuck Klosterman quote: "his lazy eye drifting around the room like a child looking for..."
...his lazy eye drifting around the room like a child looking for the bathroom. Chuck Klosterman
In the instant before the door opened, I could almost sense my life expanding just like a river whose waters have begun to swell; for I had never before taken such a drastic step to change the course of my own future. I was like a child tiptoeing along a precipice overlooking the sea. And yet somehow I hadn't imagined a great wave might come and strike me there, and wash everything away. Arthur Golden
..numbed by disappointment and betrayal, like a child who had been awakened suddenly from a summer dream about christmas morning. Armistead Maupin
After a heavy snowfall one night in early December the snow formed a thick quilt from which the old man's face emerged like a sleeping child's above an eiderdown. Jim told himself that he never moved because he was warm under the snow. J. G. Ballard
Ernest Gaines quote: "Anytime a child is born, the old people look in his face and..."
Anytime a child is born, the old people look in his face and ask him if he's the One. Ernest Gaines
I have never understood why it is called losing a child. No parent is that careless. We all know exactly where our sons and daughters are; we just don't necessarily want them to be there Jodi Picoult
Thornton Wilder quote: "Many who have dedicated their life to love, can tell us less..."
Many who have dedicated their life to love, can tell us less about this subject than a child who lost his dog yesterday. Thornton Wilder
It is no use trying to assume again the state of innocence and acceptance of the animal or the child. This time it has to be conscious. To circle about in such gladness as his, is the effort of a whole lifetime. Jeanette Winterson
Kate slid to her knees, pulling the child’s head to her breast, her mouth in its hair. “Pippa. Pippa, we’re awful fools. What Father means is that truly nothing we have ever done can harm us, and Mr. Crawford has mixed us up with someone else. But you know what unstable-looking parents you have. He doesn’t believe us, but he says he’ll believe you. It’s not very flattering,” said Kate, looking at her daughter with bright eyes, “but you seem to be the one in the family with an honest sort of... Dorothy Dunnett
As I sat in the hot, salty water, I thought, 'No wonder Mr. Bubble always gave me a urinary tract infection and hives.' Mr Bubble was for common people. Mr. Bubble was for my so-called brother, their true child. I was a Vanderbilt. I should bathe in condiments and seasonings. It was in my Vanderbilt genes. Augusten Burroughs
For he comes, the human child! To the waters and the wild. With a faery, hand in hand, From a world more full of weeping than he can understand. William Butler Yeats
To qualify as a Seeker, it was necessary to show a high serendipity factor. In my experimental behaviour pool as a child, I had exhibited such a factor, and had been selected for special training forthwith. I had taken additional courses in Philosophical, Alpha-humerals, Incidental Tetrachotomy, Apunctual Synchronicity, Homoontogenesis, and other subjects, ultimately qualifying as a Prime Esemplastic Seeker. In other words, I put two and two together in situations where other people were not... Brian Aldiss
I grew, a happy, healthy child in a bright world of illustrated books, clean sand, orange trees, friendly dogs, sea vistas and smiling faces. Vladimir Nabokov
For all my love little monsters i am your mom you are my child in my hand i protect you like my eyes but dont worry ill cacth you if you fall. Lady Gaga
Jeanette Winterson quote: "Don't regret your life, child, it will pass soon enough."
Don't regret your life, child, it will pass soon enough. Jeanette Winterson

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