Optional Protocol On The Sale of Children

Famous quotes containing the words optional, sale and/or children:

    “Our father presents an optional set of rhythms and responses for us to connect to. As a second home base, he makes it safer to roam. With him as an ally—a love—it is safer, too, to show that we’re mad when we’re mad at our mother. We can hate and not be abandoned, hate and still love.”
    —Judith Viorst (20th century)

    “I keep thinking that what I need
    to do is buy my leg back.
    Surely it is for sale somewhere,
    poor broken tool, poor ornament.
    It might be in a store somewhere beside a lady’s scarf.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “One important reason to stay calm is that calm parents hear more. Low-key, accepting parents are the ones whose children keep talking.”
    —Mary Pipher (20th century)