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Childhood Quotes

"For some reason, I kept seeing it-it trembled and silkily glowed on my damp retina-a radiant child of twelve, sitting on a threshold, "pinging" pebbles at an empty can."

"For some reason, I kept seeing it-it trembled and silkily glowed on my damp retina-a radiant child of twelve, sitting on a threshold, "pinging" pebbles at an empty can."

Vladimir Nabokov, American Novelist

Childhood, Memory, Innocence, Vision

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"Schizoid behavior is a pretty common thing in children. It's accepted, because all we adults have this unspoken agreement that children are lunatics."

"Schizoid behavior is a pretty common thing in children. It's accepted, because all we adults have this unspoken agreement that children are lunatics."

Stephen King, American Author

Childhood, Truth, Wisdom, Regret, Power

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"Magrat liked to think she was good with children, and worried that she wasn't. She didn't like them very much, and worried about this too. Nanny Ogg seemed to be effortlessly good with children by alternately and randomly giving them either a sweet or a thick ear, while Granny Weatherwax ignored them for most of the time and that seemed to work just as well."

"Magrat liked to think she was good with children, and worried that she wasn't. She didn't like them very much, and worried about this too. Nanny Ogg seemed to be effortlessly good with children by alternately and randomly giving them either a sweet or a thick ear, while Granny Weatherwax ignored them for most of the time and that seemed to work just as well."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Childhood, Parenting, Truth, Wisdom, Power

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"Sunny did not eat the wood, of course, but she chewed on it and pretended it was a carrot, or an apple, or a beef and cheese enchilada, all of which she loved."

"Sunny did not eat the wood, of course, but she chewed on it and pretended it was a carrot, or an apple, or a beef and cheese enchilada, all of which she loved."

Lemony Snicket, American Author

Childhood, Imagination, Playfulness, Joy

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"The great cathedral space which was childhood."

"The great cathedral space which was childhood."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Childhood, Memory, Space, Cathedral

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"The problem with playing hide-and-seek with your sister is that sometimes she gets bored and stops looking for you.And there you are - under the couch, in the closet, wedged behind the lilac tree - and you don't want to give up, because maybe she's just biding her time. But maybe she's wandered off..."

"The problem with playing hide-and-seek with your sister is that sometimes she gets bored and stops looking for you.And there you are - under the couch, in the closet, wedged behind the lilac tree - and you don't want to give up, because maybe she's just biding her time. But maybe she's wandered off..."

Rainbow Rowell, American Author

Childhood, Games, Patience, Life

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"I do not remember asking adults about anything, except as a last resort."

"I do not remember asking adults about anything, except as a last resort."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Childhood, Independence, Curiosity, Life

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"Although he never speaks of how or what or why, I know that his childhood was difficult, that his parents broke his heart. Books and excess poundage are his insulation against pain."

"Although he never speaks of how or what or why, I know that his childhood was difficult, that his parents broke his heart. Books and excess poundage are his insulation against pain."

Dean Koontz, American Author

Childhood, Pain, Books, Isolation

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"Not having yet passed through those bitter experiences which enforce upon older years circumspection and coldness, I deprived myself of the pure delight of a fresh, childish instinct for the absurd purpose of trying to resemble grown-up people."

"Not having yet passed through those bitter experiences which enforce upon older years circumspection and coldness, I deprived myself of the pure delight of a fresh, childish instinct for the absurd purpose of trying to resemble grown-up people."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

Childhood, Absurdity, Innocence, Experience

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"Oh, he did his best to make their short lives miserable, because that was his job, but nothing he could think up was half as bad as the stuff they thought up themselves."

"Oh, he did his best to make their short lives miserable, because that was his job, but nothing he could think up was half as bad as the stuff they thought up themselves."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Childhood, Truth, Fear, Wisdom, Power

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"Every time we see a child we travel back to the times we have forgotten and we bitterly visit all the beautiful things taken from us in the name of being an adult!"

"Every time we see a child we travel back to the times we have forgotten and we bitterly visit all the beautiful things taken from us in the name of being an adult!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Childhood, Regret, Truth, Happiness, Wisdom

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"A child is child."

"A child is child."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Childhood, Child, Nature, Innocence, Life

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

"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."

"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

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