"Children are not a zoo of entertainingly..." - Quote by John Updike

“Time is our element, not a mistaken invader.”

“The muttered hint, "Remember, you have a stroke here," freezes my joints like a blast from Siberia.”

“The world ... is full of people who never knew what hit 'em, their lives are over before they wake up.”

“A child is a child in any country, whatever the politics. Let's get down to basics. That's what a child forces you to do. Nothing else much matters, there is no complicated diplomacy, when a child is starving. It's simple. And we'd better do something about it. For our sakes, too. That is, if we want to continue to call ourselves human.”

“Yet they that know all things but knowThat all this life can give us isA child's laughter, a woman's kiss.”

“We want to make sure children aren't left without any books. We want to make sure our children have the books, that they have a place in the castle. We want to make sure that their mothers have affordable day care. We want to make sure we give the older people the care that they need.”

“A mother would never by choice sleep in a wet bed but she would gladly do so in order to spare the dry bed for her child.”

“I have also considered many scientific plans during my pushing you around in your pram!”

“The worst thing you can do for those you love is the things they could and should do themselves.”