"Ours was not a political household, when I was growing up."

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"A child is child."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Childhood, Child, Nature, Innocence, Life

"Granny," said Esk, in the exasperated and remarkably adult voice children use to berate their wayward elders. "I don't think you quite understand. I don't want to hit the ground. It's never done anything to me."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Childhood, Innocence, Truth, Wisdom, Regret

"A child's best friend is often the one telling bedtime stories."

Eraldo Banovac, Croatian Scientist

Childhood, Friend, Story, Imagination, Trust

"The happiness of childhood, the calming of a child's fears and the healthy development of its self-confidence depend directly upon love."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Childhood, Love, Confidence, Development

"Kids. You gotta love them. I adore children. A little salt, a squeeze of lemon--perfect."

Jim Butcher, American Author

Childhood, Children, Love, Joy, Happiness

"Play like a child, because you are still that beautiful child."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Childhood, Happiness, Truth, Inspirational, Power

"One day, you will be old enough to start reading fairytales again."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Childhood, Aging, Innocence, Imagination, Renewal

"Those of us who are blamed when old for reading childish books were blamed when children for reading books too old for us."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Childhood, Reading, Blame, Innocence

"Kids don't have much accumulated and deep memories and that's why they happily live in the present time!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Childhood, Truth, Happiness, Today, Inspirational

"When children are taught to be "good" and keep everyone happy, it teaches them that they have the impossible burden of being responsible for other people's happiness."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Childhood, Responsibility, Truth, Happiness, Power

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"Some people with awful cards can be successful because of how they deal with the tragedies they're handed, and that seems courageous to me."

Success

"It's always obvious to me when someone is looking at me with an idea of who I am and hoping that that's the person I'm going to be. No matter how subtle it is, it's there, and you want to give them who they really want. But it ain't me."

Creativity

"Sometimes you are being interviewed by someone and you think, if I knew this person they'd be my best friend. Other times you're being interviewed by a complete jerk."

Friendship

"It's true that every day away from work requires two more days to get back into it."

Work

"People who keep stiff upper lips find that it's damn hard to smile."

People

"I notice when I'm on these trips, I read like mad. It's the only thing that seems to center me, bring me back to remembering who I am. Or forgetting who I am!"

Reading

"My success is not who I am."

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"A child is child."

"Granny," said Esk, in the exasperated and remarkably adult voice children use to berate their wayward elders. "I don't think you quite understand. I don't want to hit the ground. It's never done anything to me."

"A child's best friend is often the one telling bedtime stories."

"The happiness of childhood, the calming of a child's fears and the healthy development of its self-confidence depend directly upon love."

"Kids. You gotta love them. I adore children. A little salt, a squeeze of lemon--perfect."

"Play like a child, because you are still that beautiful child."

"One day, you will be old enough to start reading fairytales again."

"Those of us who are blamed when old for reading childish books were blamed when children for reading books too old for us."

"Kids don't have much accumulated and deep memories and that's why they happily live in the present time!"

"When children are taught to be "good" and keep everyone happy, it teaches them that they have the impossible burden of being responsible for other people's happiness."

Explore more quotes by Judith Guest

"Some people with awful cards can be successful because of how they deal with the tragedies they're handed, and that seems courageous to me."

"It's always obvious to me when someone is looking at me with an idea of who I am and hoping that that's the person I'm going to be. No matter how subtle it is, it's there, and you want to give them who they really want. But it ain't me."

"With my friends, I don't feel pressure to be someone other than who I am."

"I can write for a long time on one novel and not get tired."

"I think living the blessed life is the luck of the draw."

"Sometimes you are being interviewed by someone and you think, if I knew this person they'd be my best friend. Other times you're being interviewed by a complete jerk."

"It's true that every day away from work requires two more days to get back into it."

"People who keep stiff upper lips find that it's damn hard to smile."

"I notice when I'm on these trips, I read like mad. It's the only thing that seems to center me, bring me back to remembering who I am. Or forgetting who I am!"

"My success is not who I am."