We age. Men, women. It’s not supposed to work except to make kids.
The popular kids are always mean. That’s how they get popular.
The gods never had children with humans.
Sometimes the best way to protect your children is to let them believe you’ve stopped.[quoting Maghra]
The newspapers are gonna be tough on you. And prison is very, very hard on people who hurt kids. If you get the opportunity, you should kill yourself.
Parents expect everything from their children. And then they die and what they expect ceases to matter.
Our children remind us of the joys in life. It brings us back, shows us what life is all about.[to Nolan]
It’s kids like us who’ve been through more than other kids. We’re tougher than other kids. We’re great builders. We make ourselves really safe. And no one ever gets in.
Is this about the children? I apologize for the noise. I told them to cry using their inside voices.[to Justice Strauss]
Feels like the more I fight for them, the more I lose them.[about her kids]
Children transport us to our childhoods.
Children make the best flaneurs, since adults rarely pay attention to them.
