We are guilty of many errors and many faults but our...

Quote by Gabriela Mistral about children, being, error, blood, name, crime, criminals, need, rightness, things

We are guilty of many errors and many faults but our worst crime is abandoning the children, neglecting the fountain of life. Many of the things we need can wait. The child cannot. Right now is the time his bones are being formed, his blood is being made, and his senses are being developed. To him we cannot answer 'Tomorrow. ' His name is 'Today.

Gabriela Mistral
Quote by Gabriela Mistral about children, being, error, blood, name, crime, criminals, need, rightness, things.
Gabriela Mistral

Gabriela Mistral 1889 - 1957, chilian poet

Also called: Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga.
Was born on: 07 apr 1889.
Died on 10 jan 1957, at 67 years old.
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