Children Quotes

The more people you love, the weaker you are. You’ll do things for them that you know you shouldn’t do. You’ll act the fool to make them happy, to keep them safe. Love no one but your children. On that front, a mother has no choice.

Children are hideous little creatures, terrible, taxing burdens.

There are more ways for a woman to be indispensable than in just bearing children.

The men of always aren’t interested in the children of never.

You never love anything in the world the way you love your first child.

Most people think I didn’t want kids, and that’s why I made my work my life. What they don’t realize, it’s really just the opposite.

I don’t want your children.[Frank Haleton: I have children.]

What are children, but a weakness? A folly? A futility? Through them, you imagine you cheat the great darkness of its victory. You will persist forever, in some form or another. As if they will keep you from the dust. But for them, you surrender what you should not. You may know what is the right thing to be done, but love stays the hand. Love is a downfall.

Okay, it’s official. I’m never having kids.

Children grow up thinking the adult world is ordered, rational, fit for purpose. It’s crap. Becoming a man is realising that it’s all rotten. Realising how to celebrate that rottenness, that’s freedom.

Your children, bless their mischievous souls, they like to get involved. This way, what? They play too much Nintendo, eat too much junk food, smoke some ganja, pound some beers, experiment sexually. I mean, really, what’s the worst that can happen?[to Joyce]

When I am actually in the presence of children, I forget all about my own concerns. They are the easiest company in the world.