We can see that the baby is as much an instrument of nourishment to us, as we are for him.

A sense of worthiness is a child's most important need.

The gain is not the having of children; it is the discovery of love and how to be loving.

The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your own life and be taught by it.

Everything that happens is either a blessing, which is also a lesson, or a lesson which is also a blessing.

The child does not begin to fall until she becomes seriously interested in walking, until she actually begins walking. Falling is thus more an indication of learning than a sign of failure.

My list of things I never pictured myself saying when I pictured myself as a parent has grown over the years.

Parenthood always comes as a shock. Postpartum blues? Postpartum panic is more like it. We set out to have a baby; what we get is a total take-over of our lives.

Whenever the child is given the notion that he needs to be entertained, learning comes almost to a halt.

More than what we say or do, the way we are expresses what we think it means to be alive. So the articulate parent is less a telling than a listening individual.

Most of us would do more for our babies than we have ever been willing to do for anyone, even ourselves.

she's so caught up she's unaware she's no longer the prisoner here, I am

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.

It's amazing how good getting up and moving makes you feel.

Chicago is unique. It is the only completely corrupt city in America.

Be alone even when there's a million people around, because tomorrow it will be a different million people.

I get a kick out of it, but it would be stupid to let it go to my head. It's modeling - I didn't find the cure for cancer.

Consequently, a young business often grows by large percentages. Mature businesses rarely do.

Wretched un-idea'd girls.