One doesn't know if one had a happy childhood or not. I don't really know what it means. — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
I had a very happy childhood, which is unsuitable if you're going to be an Irish writer. — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
I think it's not inaccurate to say that I had a perfectly happy childhood during which I was very unhappy. — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
It was a small provincial place with great people and I had a happy childhood growing up in Queens. — Fran Drescher Copy Share Image
I don't remember the first half of my life. All I say is a happy childhood is the worst possible preparation for… — Kinky Friedman Copy Share Image
One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood. — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Fortunate Newton, happy childhood of science. Nature to him was an open book. He stands before us strong, certain, and alone. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“A happy childhood can fortify one against the ravages of life, and part of that happiness is found in books, which become… — Suzy Davies Copy Share Image
O happy childhood! blessed youth! But once we know thy potent power; But once we live all careless free; No cross to… — Pablo Neruda Copy Share Image
We had a happy childhood, our parents were strict but loving, and I was together with my sisters, who were my best… — Judit Polgar Copy Share Image
One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood.Friends are the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Anyone who had died young after a happy childhood had won a great victory, since he would be forever spared the discovery… — Carlos Baker Copy Share Image
I love Halloween. It reminds me of my happy childhood days as a student at Wampus Elementary School in Armonk, N.Y., when… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
“At forty-three, I bought my first house. I’d wanted one like crazy. A house meant family, a happy childhood for my litttle… — Victoria Moran Copy Share Image
I was 20 when I was sentenced to death. My life had been on a one-way path to self-destruction for years. I… — Nick Yarris Copy Share Image
Don't we all look back in longing, those of us who had happy childhoods? Because the greatest loss we ever know is… — Carolyn Hart Copy Share Image
We grew up in a nice house in a very middle-class area in Bolton and had a very happy childhood. My mum,… — Amir Khan Copy Share Image
I didn't feel a strong bond with the parents who raised me, and I had anything but a happy childhood. My mother… — Lisa Lutz Copy Share Image
By trying so hard to provide the perfectly happy childhood, we're just making it harder for our kids to actually grow up, — Lori Gottlieb Copy Share Image
I used to have Bible studies at my house. I was in the choir. I was mischievous but also a real mama's… — Woody Harrelson Copy Share Image
I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very fanciful, and I loved to read. But… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I was fortunate to have had a lively, happy childhood, but somewhere along the way I convinced myself I wasn't wanted anywhere… — Lucy Davis Copy Share Image
Those of us who had a perfectly happy childhood should be able to sue for deprivation of literary royalties. — Chris Patten Copy Share Image
I'm a white, middle-class male who had a happy childhood in Ohio. The world does not need me to be a novelist. — David Quammen Copy Share Image
I wrote poetry, journals, and, especially, plays for the neighborhood kids to perform. I had an ordinary, happy childhood. Nothing much was… — Alex Flinn Copy Share Image
I had a very happy childhood, happy teenage years and I was famous by the time I was 22. A charmed life. — Rik Mayall Copy Share Image
I was quite shy when I was younger, but I'm not one of those people who can complain of a bad childhood… — Emilia Fox Copy Share Image
If Id had a happy childhood I definitely wouldnt have become the person I am - although a bad childhood isnt a… — Grayson Perry Copy Share Image
“Listening to Leonard, Madeleine felt impoverished by her happy childhood. She never wondered why she acted the way she did, or what… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
My family life reads a bit like 'Little House on the Prairie.' I was big sister to Joan, Renee, and brother William,… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
The stories my pupils told me were astonishing. One told how he had witnessed his cousin being shot in the back five… — Erin Gruwell Copy Share Image
I had a very happy childhood and very loving parents. We didn't have much money and I suppose therefore you felt that… — Terry Leahy Copy Share Image
“I think that every one , no matter how many troubles the may have when he grows up, ought to have a… — Jean Webster Copy Share Image
I have been luckier than anyone I know or even heard of. I had a very happy childhood, a good education, I… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
Something in me was always watching life from the outside, permanently obsessed with the notion of belonging vs. not-belonging [to a group].… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“That was the one moment he would always remember. The unhappiest moment of a happy childhood. The empty desolation of being on… — Jim Kelly Copy Share Image
I had a very happy childhood, but I wasn't that happy a child. I liked being alone and creating characters and voices.… — David Walliams Copy Share Image
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