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Horace Gregory

"My boyhood saw Greek islands floating over Harvard Square."

Horace Gregory, American Poet
Childhood, Islands
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"Play like a child, because you are still that beautiful child."

Bryant McGill, American Poet
Childhood, Happiness, Truth, Inspirational, Power
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"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
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"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
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"For many of us, the curtain has just come down on childhood."

Mitch Albom, American Writer
Childhood, Life, End, Memory
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"The small hopes and plans and pleasures of children should be tenderly respected by grown-up people, and never rudely thwarted or ridiculed."

Louisa May Alcott, American Novelist
Childhood, Respect, Joy, Hope
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Amber Hurdle

"Doctor Who was a big part of my childhood so it was a great honour to be in it."

Simon Pegg, British Comedian
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"Once, I asked my mom why stars shine. She said they werenight-lights, so the angels could find their way around in Heaven.But when I asked my dad, he started talking about gas, and somehowI put it all together and figured that the food God served causedmultiple trips to the bathroom in the middle of the night."

Jodi Picoult, American Novelist
Childhood, Wonder, Science, Imagination
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Amber Hurdle

"When was the last time someone read aloud to you? Probably when you were a child, and if you think back, you'll remember how safe you felt, tucked under the covers, or curled in someone's arms, as a story was spun around you like a web."

Jodi Picoult, American Novelist
Childhood, Memory, Comfort, Storytelling

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