Quotes about Childhood

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If only she could be so oblivious again, to feel such love without knowing it, mistaking it for laughter. — Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
Once upon a time, there was a boy. He lived in a village that no longer exists, in a house that no longer exists, on the — Nicole Krauss, The History of Love
and when all the wars are over, a butterfly will still be beautiful. — Ruskin Bond, Scenes from a Writer's Life
That was when it was all made painfully clear to me. When you are a child, there is joy. There is laughter. And most of — Peter David, Tigerheart
But the hearts of small children are delicate organs. A cruel beginning in this world can twist them into curious shapes — Carson McCullers, The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories
I think that the best thing we can do for our children is to allow them to do things for themselves, allow them to be st — C. JoyBell C.
I don’t want to be little again. But at the same time I do. I want to be me like I was then, and me as I am now, and me — David Almond, Jackdaw Summer
It's not about how to achieve your dreams, it's about how to lead your life, ... If you lead your life the right way, th — Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture
It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood,A beautiful day for a neighbor.Would you be mine?Could you be mine?...It's a n — Fred Rogers
One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is ab — Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets. — Roald Dahl
Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days. — Flannery O'Connor, Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
Gym should be illegal. It's humiliating. — Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak
I know I was writing stories when I was five. I don’t remember what I did before that. Just loafed, I suppose. — P.G. Wodehouse
Be sure to lie to your kids about the benevolent, all-seeing Santa Claus. It will prepare them for an adulthood of belie — Scott Dikkers, You Are Worthless: Depressing Nuggets of Wisdom Sure to Ruin Your Day
My parents are going to kill me!""That seems rather harsh... — Garth Nix, Sir Thursday
She wished, as almost all kids wish at one point or another, that she could turn into a pterodactyl and fly away and nev — Gina Damico, Croak
SCREW CHILDREN! That's the mantra of the world. Instead of burying them with a national debt, shoving them in shitty sch — Stefan Molyneux
Whatever I learned,Whatever I knew,Seems like those faded years of childhood that flew,Away in some dilemma,Always in so — Mehek Bassi, Chained: Can you escape fate?
I refuse to let the standards of evil people chip away at my capacity for integrity. — Stefan Molyneux