“It's not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can't tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself.”
“Our children are watching us live, and what we ARE shouts louder than anything we can say.”
“Our ancestors are our children; we peer through a hole in the wall and watch them play in their rooms, and they can't see us.”
“I am convinced that most people do not grow up...We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I think what we do is mostly grow old. We carry accumulation of years in our bodies, and on our faces, but generally our real selves, the children inside, are innocent and shy as magnolias.”
“I, too, do not want our children to leave us, Zeba, but it is not our decision to make. We are here only to facilitate their dreams.”
“All of us - we should do everything we can to make sure this country lives up to our children's expectations.”