Famous quotes containing the words home, runs and/or hit:
“Adolescents are travelers, far from home with no native land, neither children nor adults. They are jet-setters who fly from one country to another with amazing speed. Sometimes they are four years old, an hour later they are twenty-five. They dont really fit anywhere. Theres a yearning for place, a search for solid ground.”
—Mary Pipher (20th century)
“There is a kind of strength that is almost frightening in black women. Its as if a steel rod runs right through the head down to the feet.”
—Maya Angelou (b. 1928)
“Young children scare easilya tough tone, a sharp reprimand, an exasperated glance, a peeved scowl will do it. Little signs of rejectionyou dont have to hit young children to hurt themcut very deeply.”
—James L. Hymes, Jr. (20th century)