Children

Dost thou not see my baby at my breast, That sucks the nurse asleep?

Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form.

Someone once asked me whether I thought women artists should have children, and, since we were beyond discussing why this question is never asked of artists who are men, I gave my answer promptly. “Yes,” I said, somewhat to my surprise. And, as if to amend my rashness, I added: “They should have children— assuming this is of interest to them —but only one.” “Why only one?” this Someone wanted to know. “Because with one you can move,” I said. “With more than one you’re a sitting duck.”

Study yr keeds. Kids. There are a lot of poems there. But don’t write about yr kids. Write about the human, what’s left of him, where he’s going, what he dropped on the floor .

You must write for children in the same way you do for adults, only better.

Children are the anchors of a mother's life.

No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.

Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.

Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.

Note that venerable proverb: Children and fools always speak the truth. The deduction is plain: adults and wise persons never speak it.

We have not all had the good fortune to be ladies. We have not all been generals, or poets, or statesmen; but when the toast works down to the babies, we stand on common ground.

Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners.

The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.

Children know perfectly well that unicorns aren’t real, but they also know that books about unicorns, if they are good books, are true books.