“Asking an eight-year-old girl if something is a little over-the-top is like asking a Texan if there are too many jalapenos in the salsa. The answer is always no." -Liberty Jones”

“One summer morning at sunrise a long time ago
I met a little girl with a book under her arm.
I asked her why she was out so early and
she answered that there were too many books and
far too little time. And there she was absolutely right.”

Tove Jansson (1914–2001) Finnish children's writer and illustrator

“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”

Zora Neale Hurston book Their Eyes Were Watching God

“What we ask is to be human individuals, however peculiar and unexpected. It is no good saying: "You are a little girl and therefore you ought to like dolls"; if the answer is, "But I don't," there is no more to be said.”

Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957) English crime writer, playwright, essayist and Christian writer

“When you love something, you'll always come back to it. You'll always keep asking questions, and finding answers.”

Kobe Bryant (1978–2020) American basketball player

“My daughter was asked by a little old lady in a London hotel restaurant what her daddy did. She answered, “He’s a pirate” - I was very proud of that answer.”

Johnny Depp (1963) American actor, film producer, and musician

“If you don't ask, the answer is always no.”

Nora Roberts (1950) American romance writer

“You should not take a fellow eight years old
And make him swear to never kiss the girls.”

Robert Browning Men and Women

“It asks a little of us here.
It asks of us a certain height.
So when at times the mob is swayed
To carry praise or blame too far,
We may take something like a star
To stay our minds on and be staid.”

Robert Frost (1874–1963) American poet

“Answer all the questions that I'm too afraid to ask”

Rachel Cohn (1968) American writer