Harriet Beecher Stowe Quote

The temperaments of children are often as oddly unsuited to parents as if capricious fairies had been filling cradles with changelings.


The Pearl of Orr's Island: A Story of the Coast of Maine (1862)


The temperaments of children are often as oddly unsuited to parents as if capricious fairies had been filling cradles with changelings.

The temperaments of children are often as oddly unsuited to parents as if capricious fairies had been filling cradles with changelings.

The temperaments of children are often as oddly unsuited to parents as if capricious fairies had been filling cradles with changelings.

The temperaments of children are often as oddly unsuited to parents as if capricious fairies had been filling cradles with changelings.