"We were still children and residing in the mosque from morning to evening. We were about to turn into monsters."

Childhood, Religion, Transformation

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"I was thinking as small children think, as if my thoughts or wishes had the power to reverse the narrative, change the outcome."

Joan Didion, American Author

Childhood, Innocence, Reflection, Memory, Truth

"I had a wonderful childhood, but I was a wanderer from year one."

Maureen Forrester, Canadian Musician

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"In the midst of the vagaries of life, they provide us a trip to the land of goodness and fairies, of imaginations and possibilities.A childhood that wasn't spent watching cartoons or reading comic strips, no wonder, seems too dull to imagine."

Sanhita Baruah, Indian Writer

Childhood, Imagination, Story, Innocence

"Luis is right there. I point to the corner of the yard, where my little brother is the centre of attention doing imitations of barnyard animals. I have yet to inform him that talent isn't as much of a chick magnet when you get into junior high."

Simone Elkeles, American Author

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

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Childhood, Happiness, Truth, Inspirational, Power

"A child is a child."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Childhood, Child, Nature, Innocence, Life

"Children can feel, but they cannot analyse their feelings; and if the analysis is partially effected in thought, they know not how to express the result of the process in words."

Charlotte Bronte, British Novelist

Childhood, Children, Feelings, Analysis, Expression

"Leading up to Christmas, there was talk of Santa. But I'd never even heard of Santa. Bunty, one of the workers who I grew to love, tried to explain, 'He brings little angels like you, presents."

Stephen Richards, British Author

Childhood, Christmas, Santa, Innocence, Love

"For children, childhood is timeless. It is always the present. Everything is in the present tense. Of course, they have memories. Of course, time shifts a little for them and Christmas comes round in the end. But they don't feel it. Today is what they feel, and when they say 'When I grow up,' there is always an edge of disbelief-how could they ever be other than what they are?"

Ian McEwan, British Author

Childhood, Time, Presence, Innocence

"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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"If forgiveness, kindness and humanity could have changed something; today we would have been living a peaceful world."

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"My kindness is the old version of my life, I have grown up."

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"If miracles represent prophecy, we must have more prophets in twenty first century than the entire human history."

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"I was thinking as small children think, as if my thoughts or wishes had the power to reverse the narrative, change the outcome."

"I had a wonderful childhood, but I was a wanderer from year one."

"In the midst of the vagaries of life, they provide us a trip to the land of goodness and fairies, of imaginations and possibilities.A childhood that wasn't spent watching cartoons or reading comic strips, no wonder, seems too dull to imagine."

"Luis is right there. I point to the corner of the yard, where my little brother is the centre of attention doing imitations of barnyard animals. I have yet to inform him that talent isn't as much of a chick magnet when you get into junior high."

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

"A child is a child."

"Children can feel, but they cannot analyse their feelings; and if the analysis is partially effected in thought, they know not how to express the result of the process in words."

"Leading up to Christmas, there was talk of Santa. But I'd never even heard of Santa. Bunty, one of the workers who I grew to love, tried to explain, 'He brings little angels like you, presents."

"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 M.F. Moonzajer

"Democracy, freedom and liberty do not make us more than what we are; it is our commitment that matters."

"You love her for a life time and still you are a stranger."

"The morals of societies are defined by how they treat a strange woman."

"If forgiveness, kindness and humanity could have changed something; today we would have been living a peaceful world."

"My kindness is the old version of my life, I have grown up."

"If miracles represent prophecy, we must have more prophets in twenty first century than the entire human history."

"One must say, be in charge of your fucking feelings and keep your mouth shut."

"The enemy is over there and we are still seeking revenge from the nature."

"Even if the climate change is not real, its funds are real."

"Live and love yourself forever, because we are all stuck with what we are."