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Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.
Larry Wilde1928–2023The Merry Book of Christmas
- Christianity
Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), Chapter VIn context
- Family
- Forgiveness
A child, not knowing what is extraordinary and what is commonplace, usually lights midway between the two, finds interest in incidents adults consider beneath notice, and calmly accepts the most improbable occurrences.
Gene Wolfe1931–2019“The Fifth Head of Cerberus”, Orbit 10 (1972)
The Child is Father of the Man;
And I could wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety.
William Wordsworth1770–1850My Heart Leaps Up (1807)In context
- Age
A simple child, dear brother Jim,
That lightly draws its breath,
And feels its life in every limb,
What should it know of death?
William Wordsworth1770–1850We Are Seven (1798)In context
- Life & Death
Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand.
W. B. Yeats1865–1939The Stolen Child (1886)In context
Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is.
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The more boring a child is, the more the parents, when showing off the child, receive adulation for being good parents — because they have a tame child-creature in their house.
Frank Zappa1940–1993“Ben Watson interviews Frank Zappa”, in MOJO magazine (October 1993).
- Family