We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too,… — Isaac Bashevis Singer

We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious children.

Isaac Bashevis SingerNovelist · American · 1904 – 1991

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I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents. — Tahar Ben Jelloun
Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. — Oscar Wilde
Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. — Plato
I am thankful, of course, for the prize and thankful to God for each story, each idea, each word, each day. — Isaac Bashevis Singer
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Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing. — Isaac Bashevis Singer