Permanently Dependent Child

Famous quotes containing the words permanently, dependent and/or child:

    “I asked myself, “Is it going to prevent me from getting out of here? Is there a risk of death attached to it? Is it permanently disabling? Is it permanently disfiguring? Lastly, is it excruciating?” If it doesn’t fit one of those five categories, then it isn’t important.”
    —Rhonda Cornum, United States Army Major. As quoted in Newsweek magazine, “Perspectives” page (July 13, 1992)

    “The female of the genus homo is economically dependent on the male. He is her food supply.”
    —Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935)

    “Sang a bone upon the shore;
    “A child found all a child can lack,
    Whether of pleasure or of rest,
    Upon the abundance of my breast”:
    A bone wave-whitened and dried in the wind.
    ”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)