Children are different — mentally, physically, spiritually, quantitatively, qualitatively; and furthermore, they’re all a little bit nuts.

Jean Kerr (1922-2003) American author and playwright [b. Bridget Jean Collins]

Essay (1957-07-27), “Children Really Are Not People,” Saturday Evening Post
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Collected as "Where Did You Put the Aspirin?" in Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1957).