Famous quotes containing the words child and/or soldiers:
“As a child I was told by my parents that I was happy, but I did not believe them.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Better to die, or not to have been born,
than hear that plaining, piteous convict wail
about these beautiful dark eyebrowed women.
It’s soldiers who sing these days. O Lord God.”
—Marina Tsvetaeva (1892–1941)