Children Quotes

My look and my character come from my experiences as a child. I wasn’t allowed to have girl toys, and I grew up poor. I also had a rough relationship with my stepdad.

When you are so full of sorrow that you can’t walk, can’t cry anymore, think about the green foliage that sparkles after the rain. When the daylight exhausts you, when you hope a final night will cover the world, think about the awakening of a young child.

What is an adult? A child blown up by age.

Baby cuddles are the best.

It is very important that adults talk to children about what is happening in a way that they can understand, using simple and age-appropriate language.

Children must be educated by love, not punishment.

I was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960.

The music had to be rooted, and yet had to branch out, like the wild imagination of a child.

I love kids with a passion I usually reserve for hot cheese, miniature chairs, and Prince concerts, but I feel no stress to reproduce simply because of a fear of withering eggs.

I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.