"Having children is something we think we..." - Quote by John Updike
Having children is something we think we ought to do because our parents did it, but when it is over the children are just other members of the human race, rather disappointingly.
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“The Founding Fathers in their wisdom decided that children were an unnatural strain on parents. So they provided jails called schools, equipped with tortures called an education.”
“Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity. Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.”
“Until the 20th century it was generally assumed that a writer had said what he had to say in his works.”
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“It comes down to a doubt about the wisdomOf having children after having had them,So there is nothing we can do about itBut warn the children they perhaps should have none.”
“You can't raise a happy, more resilient kid if you're not a happy, more resilient adult.”
“Elena, my four year old, says to me in all seriousness; "Mommy, you need to buy another baby".”
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“Affection between adults - if they are really adult in mind and not merely grown up children - and creatures so relatively selfish and cruel as children necessarily are without knowing it or meaning it, cannot be called natural.”
“Don’t just teach your children to read… Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything.”
“Have you any idea how many children it takes to turn off one light in the kitchen Three. It takes one to say What light and two more to say I didn't turn it on.”