"Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody's around - nobody big, I mean - except me. And I'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff - I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be."
— J.D. Salinger (The Catcher in the Rye)

"I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage."
— Roald Dahl

"When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them."
— Rodney Dangerfield

"I am charging you with the protection of my mother and friends, not to mention keeping my younger self off the Internet. He is as dangerous as Opal."
— Eoin Colfer (Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox)

"...if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won't tell them that people are starving in China or anything like that because it wouldn't change the fact that they were upset."
— Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)

"Be sure to lie to your kids about the benevolent, all-see Santa Claus. It will prepare them for an adulthood of believing in God."
— Scott Dikkers (You Are Worthless: Depressing Nuggets of Wisdom Sure to Ruin Your Day)

"I believe that a good children's book should appeal to all people who have not completely lost their original joy and wonder in life. The fact is that I don't make books for children at all. I make them for that part of us, of myself and of my friends, which has never changed, which is still a child."
— Leo Lionni

"I want to be your personal penguin.

Please?"
— Sandra Boynton (Your Personal Penguin)

"And if there's bad behaviour," Mma Potokwane went on. "If there's bad behaviour, the quickest way of stopping it is to give more love. That always works, you know. People say we must punish when there is wrongdoing, but if you punish you're only punishing yourself. And what's the point of that?"
— Alexander McCall Smith (The Good Husband of Zebra Drive)

"If your kid needs a role model and you ain't it, you're both fucked."
— George Carlin (Brain Droppings)

"One reason we have children I think is to learn that parts of ourselves we had given up for dead are merely dormant and that the old joys can re emerge fresh and new and in a completely different form."
— Anne Fadiman

"We must teach our children to dream with their eyes open."
— Harry Edwards

"Georgie, stop trying to resurrect the shoes. They were never alive in the first place."
— Ilona Andrews (On the Edge)

"Athletes are born winners, there not born loosers, and the sooner you understand this, the faster you can take on a winning attitude and become sucessful in life."
— Charles R. Sledge Jr.

""Hi there," squeaked a precocious little voice, "you are speaking to Chloe Fusakawa, and I have just learned how to answer the phone.""
— Gabrielle Zevin (Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac)

"The children were overwhelmingly morbid. Not a single adult asked me where butterflies go when they die, but this question was more popular than pixie sticks with the under-four-foot set. I cursed parents for not preparing their children. When I was five, my mother and sister sat me up on the kitchen counter and explained the facts of life: the Easter Bunny didn't exist, Elijah was G-d's invisible friend, with any luck Nana would die soon, and if I ever saw a unicorn, I should kill it or catch it for cash. I turned out okay."
— Sloane Crosley (I Was Told There'd Be Cake)

"We find these joys to be self evident: That all children are created whole, endowed with innate intelligence, with dignity and wonder, worthy of respect. The embodiment of life, liberty and happiness, children are original blessings, here to learn their own song. Every girl and boy is entitled to love, to dream and belong to a loving “village.” And to pursue a life of purpose.

We affirm our duty to nourish and nurture the young, to honour their caring ideals as the heart of being human. To recognize the early years as the foundation of life, and to cherish the contribution of young children to human evolution.

We commit ourselves to peaceful ways and vow to keep from harm or neglect these, our most vulnerable citizens. As guardians of their prosperity we honour the bountiful Earth whose diversity sustains us. Thus we pledge our love for generations to come. "
— Raffi

"It's Not The Way You Look That Brings Me To My Knees. It's The Way You Look At Me"
— New Kids on the Block

"As we approached each other, the noise and the students around us melted away and we were utterly alone, passing, smiling, holding each other's eyes, floors and walls gone, two people in a universe of space and stars.
"
— Jerry Spinelli

""If humans were perfect i would be defective, but if humans make mistakes i am perfect.""
— jonathon crawford royal jr

"How can you respect the world when you see it's being run by a bunch of kids turned old?"
— John Updike (Rabbit Is Rich)

". . . Mrs. Lambchop sighed and shook her head. "You're at the office all day, having fun," she said. "You don't realize what I go through with the boys. They're very difficult."
"Kids are like that," Mr. Lambchop said. "Phases. Be patient, dear.""
— Jeff Brown (Flat Stanley)

"stop now before i kill you
a word to the wise from your friend
PENNYWISE "
— Stephen King (It)

"As adults we choose our own reading material. Depending on our moods and needs we might read the newspaper, a blockbuster novel, an academic article, a women's magazine, a comic, a children's book, or the latest book that just about everyone is reading. No one chastises us for our choice. No one says, 'That's too short for you to read.' No one says, 'That's too easy for you, put it back.' No one says 'You couldn't read that if you tried -- it's much too difficult.'

Yet if we take a peek into classrooms, libraries, and bookshops we will notice that children's choices are often mocked, censured, and denied as valid by idiotic, interfering teachers, librarians, and parents. Choice is a personal matter that changes with experience, changes with mood, and changes with need. We should let it be.
"
— Mem Fox (Radical Reflections: Passionate Opinions on Teaching, Learning, and Living)

"I love letters from little kids. Adults never proclaim themselves 'your #1 fan!'"
— Lauren Baratz-Logsted

"Di kedua bening bola matamu, anakku... aku membaca kitab ibu, berbuku maha luas, dan senyum polosmu adalah mantra yang merapal detak jantungku, sebab aku ingin selalu memelukmu "
— Cavita Jamie

"Janganlah mewariskan kelemahan kita bagi anak-anak, maka janganlah melemahkan diri kita sendiri dengan hal-hal tidak terpuji, Kuatkanlah dirimu sebab itu akan berpengaruh positif bagi pertumbuhan jiwa mereka. Bagi mereka, kitalah suri teladan pertama. Mereka laksana cermin dimana kita menggoreskan perbuatan dan perkataan kita yang sesungguhnya, itulah yang mereka serap sebab sesungguhnya mereka adalah potret diri kita yang lain"
— Cavita Jamie

"“ setiap anak adalah unik. Sebab mereka tercipta dari titik puncak keinginan kedua orang tuanya (ikhwal awal yang kadang tak pernah kita sadari bahkan kita pungkiri). Titik yang tak akan pernah sama tercipta kembali, maka perlakukanlah mereka dengan segala keunikannya masing-masing dengan tanpa membanding-bandingkan dengan yang lainnya, apalagi membeda-bedakannya. Sebab itu berarti kau mengkhiananti kesepakatanmu sendiri , sebab mereka adalah dari padamu jua"
— Cavita Jamie

"Thank God she doesn't have to be confirmed by the Senate.

(on the birth of his granddaughter)"
— Herbert Hoover

"Gin a body meet a body
Comin thro' the rye,
Gin a body kiss a body,
Need a body cry?"
— Robert Burns (The Poetical Works of Robert Burns)