"But the child's sob curses deeper in..." - Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
But the child's sob curses deeper in the silence than the strong man in his wrath!
More by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
More on Childhood
“I'm seeing the world partially through the eyes of a kid. Not all the time. There's no black and white to it. But sometimes I'm seeing it like I'm 4.”
“The books one reads in childhood, and perhaps most of all the bad and good bad books, create in one's mind a sort of false map of the world, a series of fabulous countries into which one can retreat at odd moments throughout the rest of life, and which in some cases can survive a visit to the real countries which they are supposed to represent.”
“My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.”
More on Emotion
“Hate is a dead thing. Who of you would be a tomb?”
“When you're happy you enjoy the music, but when you're sad you understand the lyrics.”
“For in grief nothing 'stays put.' One keeps on emerging from a phase, but it always recurs. Round and round.Everything repeats. Am I going in circles, or dare I hope I am on a spiral?”