“It takes a child to say the unsayable.”

“Be a child again. Flirt. Giggle. Dip your cookies in your milk. Take a nap. Say you're sorry if you hurt someone. Chase a butterfly. Be a child again.”

“Your hair shines like gold, says my child.
You are pretty old, says my child.
And I think to myself how I used to be.
There's another wrinkle that I see.
Then he takes my hand and smiles at me.”

“In the Borderlands, sheepherder, if a man has the raising of a child, that child is his, and none can say different.”

“There's a misperception that autism is some thief in the night that takes a normal child and places an autistic child in its place. That's not true.”

“It's not just about you taking care of "your" child. It's about you taking care of these children.”

“The first child is also loved, when he is still the only child and there is the absence of someone who can take his place.”

“296. The child saies nothing but what it heard by the fire.”

“Life is not meant to be easy, my child but take courage: it can be delightful.”

“Every minute with a child takes seven minutes off your life.”