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Books For Children Quotes & Sayings
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Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.
— Gustave Flaubert
I have a lot of respect and love for children's books.
— Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
It ought to be a crime for any woman to have children that writes books.
— Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon
My name is Jarrett Krosoczka, and I write and illustrate books for children for a living. So I use my imagination as my full-time job.
— Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Ole Golly: You know what? You're an individual, and that makes people nervous. And it's gonna keep making people nervous for the rest of your life.
— Louise Fitzhugh
Jade blinked. It was only for a fraction of a second but she could have sworn the the house had changed shape.
— Richard J. Ward
I think that writers of literary fiction would do well to read more books for children.
— Eleanor Catton
I never wrote my books especially for children.
— P.L. Travers
We create our work for children not because they're "cute," but because they're human beings, deserving of respect.
— Mo Willems
I have always loved reading books for children and young adults, particularly when those books are mysteries.
— Eleanor Catton
So you're a reader," My mom sighs, as if somehow this elevates Isabel to yet another realm of perfection.
— Denis Markell
Today, it's possible to read both erotica and books written for children without fear of social castigation.
— Amelia Gray
Some people have children. I have books. Much more interesting and they never ask me for money.
— J. Lincoln Fenn
If you take 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' as books, one is written for children, and one is an adult's book.
— Peter Jackson
Adult novels are as ephemeral as newspapers. Children's books stay in print for decades.
— Sid Fleischman
Books should be cherished, like children, books are for the next generation, like children, like history.
— Edna Ferber
You write not for children but for yourself. And if by good fortune children enjoy what you enjoy, why then you are a writer of children's books.
— Arthur Ransome
There are good books which are only for adults. There are no good books which are only for children.
— W. H. Auden
Reading is Intriguing...it can take you on a great Adventure!
— M. Ann Machen Pritchard
I feel an author and an illustrator weave the magic of a children's picture book together.
— Sima Mittal
Writing for children is important to me because I want children to develop the same love of books I had as a child.
— Darlene Foster
I'm not terribly conversant with children's literature in general. I tend to read books for adults, being an adult.
— Lois Lowry
Sometimes we just need a little break from this thing we call 'life', and step into the cartoon life for a moment
— Andrea L'Artiste
You cannot write for children. They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them.
— Maurice Sendak
For what use is it to forbid what we can't prevent? If books are forbidden, children read them on the sly.
— Andre Gide
I'm a voice for children's books and children's reading.
— Malorie Blackman
I never set out to write books for children. I don't have a feeling that I'm gonna save children or my life is devoted.
— Maurice Sendak
For are we not, all of us, wand'rers and strangers; and do we not, all of us, travel in danger or voyage uncharted seas?
— Joan W. Blos
I must confess that although I am quite passionate about the books I create for children, I am not the best oral storyteller. In fact, I stink at it.
— Tony DiTerlizzi
A male frigate bird blows up a wild red pouch on his neck. He can keep it puffed up for hours. It is his way of impressing the girls.
— Julie Murphy
I feel like I own all the kids in the world because, since I've never grown up myself, all my books are automatically for children.
— Ray Bradbury
The thing about being a screenwriter, scriptwriter, scenarist, You get to have multiple personalities and not be charged.
— Andrea L'Artiste
You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.
— Madeleine L'Engle
I turn back to the Archers, who don't look like the same species as us. Do they even sweat, these people?
— Denis Markell
In our time, when the literature for adults is deteriorating, good books for children are the only hope, the only refuge.
— Isaac Bashevis Singer
I cannot think of any work that could be more agreeable and fun than making books for children.
— Arnold Lobel
I have always loved books, and as a mother, I wanted to share my passion for reading with my children.
— Aerin Lauder
I have so little patience with the whole Y.A. book thing. As far as I'm concerned, you either read books for children or you read books for adults.
— Richard K. Morgan
The greatest possessions I leave for my children are books.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
