J. D. Salinger Quotes

My three children have brought me great joy.

I love both my parents dearly.

I love celebrating Mother's Day. Since I was a kid, it was a special day to tell my mother and grandmother how much I love them. Now that I'm a mom, it is a special day to spend with my children.

I love my mother. I do love her.

When you have children love is always there in the best form.

I love skiing, I love the sun, I love my children, I love my grandchildren, I love my family and friends... and whatever I haven't done.

My kids give me the balance to live right.

When I see my children, and when I see the people who value me, I know how lucky I am.

My children have brought so much happiness and joy. To me, they're the very definition of love.

I am so grateful for my children who remind me every day what matters in life, and I feel fortunate to be their mommy and share their special love.

I guess I'm the happiest when I'm picking up my kids from school. The most important things on my list are my wife and kids and my health. Happiness is having a family you love.

I love my kids. They are the greatest thing I've ever done with my life, and they bring me joy every day.

My fans are my family. I love them so much.

I look back in retrospect, and I would never say I regret not one of my children. They are why I live.

Anybody who's had children knows this feeling of deep love. It's a selfless love, an unconditional love. And it makes you kind of examine everything that has happened.

I’ve found that the best life has to offer is right in front of me, with my husband and child

Hug your children...Kiss your mothers and fathers, your brothers and sisters. Tell them how much you love them, every day. Because every day is the last day. Every light casts a shadow. And only the gods know when the darkness will find us.

The tears into his eyes were brought, And thanks and praises seemed to run So fast out of his heart, I thought They never would have done. -I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds With coldness still returning; Alas! the gratitude of men Hath oftener left me mourning.

Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents.

I think open adoption is a great idea, because it allows a relationship between the birth mother and her child so that the kid isn't like, "Where did I come from?" And to have it be like, "Look, you have a bunch of people who love you."

[To the audience at her farewell concert:] You have always given me more than I gave to you ... You were the wings on which I soared.

I see children as kites. You spend a lifetime trying to get them off the ground. You run with them until you're both breathless. They crash . . . you add a longer tail . . . you patch and comfort, adjust and teach. You watch them lifted by the wind and assure them that someday they'll fly.

I could express my feelings more easily if they could be put into the notes of music, but as the very best concert would not cover my affection for you, dear daddy, I must use the simple words of my heart, to lay before you my utmost gratitude and filial affection

Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.