"In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for the parents who loses a child."

-- Jodi Picoult

#Sad Quotes #Children Quotes #Parent Quotes

“Somewhat more broadly, I will suggest that animals should be permitted to bring suit, with human beings as their representatives, to prevent violations of current law.”
“You want your children to be safe. You want your families to be safe. We know that.”
“Yes, I am Aboriginal but I have the right to be avant-garde like any white artist.”
“Everybody asks me, 'So, what are you doing now?' Why must I be doing something? All my life I've been doing something. All my life I've been doing. For now, I'm being -- being quiet, being grateful.”
“The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is freedom from self; the third is intrepid courage, which, taken in its widest interpretation, generally goes with truth; and the fourth-the power of love-although I have put it last, is the rarest.”

Source : Margot Asquith (1963). “Autobiography”
“I did films with Wanda Ventham, Benedictâ€™s mother, and we lived in the same area, in Kensington. So Iâ€™d be out with my pram and Wanda and I would be talking and there was poor little Benedict, who I suppose was about four, standing there while we were gossiping in the high street for hours!”
“An eye for an eye my friend.”
“He said I was the most sensitive person he had ever seen- that I belonged to the hyper-hyper type and we rarely survive!”

Source : Ruth Draper, Morton Dauwen Zabel (1960). “The art of Ruth Draper: her dramas and characters”

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