... although the sufferings of children are.... : Quote by Shirley Hazzard

“ ... although the sufferings of children are the worst, being inextinguishable--children themselves seldom have a proper sense of their own tragedy, discounting and keeping hidden the true horrors of their short lives, humbly imagining real calamity to be some prestigious drama of the grown-up world. [p. 13] ”

Shirley Hazzard
  • From : The Bay of Noon
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