I had a marvelously happy childhood.

I had really loving parents and a happy childhood.

— Todd Haynes

My family life reads a bit like 'Little House on the Prairie.' I was big sister to Joan, Renee, and brother William, and we…

— Maeve Binchy

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

— Anonymous

We begin to find and become ourselves when we notice how we are already found, already truly, entirely, wildly, messily, marvelously who we were…

— Anne Lamott

Marvelously entertaining, Gabrielle Donnellys The Little Women Letters evokes the spirit of Louisa May Alcotts Little Women with warmth and affection. I thoroughly enjoyed…

— Jennifer Chiaverini

I have eaten very well in Los Angeles. Marvelously!

— Gustavo Dudamel

One doesn't know if one had a happy childhood or not. I don't really know what it means.

— John Malkovich

The stories my pupils told me were astonishing. One told how he had witnessed his cousin being shot in the back five times; another…

— Erin Gruwell

I had good parents. Two older brothers, bit of a handful between us, all got ginger hair, a bit fiery. I remember a very…

— Sean Dyche

I had a very happy childhood and very loving parents. We didn't have much money and I suppose therefore you felt that anything you…

— Terry Leahy

I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very fanciful, and I loved to read. But there was…

— Patti Smith

“Warm, enticing scents were floating down, basil and oregano and tomato. It made Wes long for something, something he couldn't place. A happy childhood,…

— Sarah Addison Allen

My dad worked all sorts of jobs when I was growing up and finally ended up as a surveyor; my mum delivers meals to…

— Michelle Dockery

It's never too late to have a happy childhood.

— Anonymous

“A happy childhood can fortify one against the ravages of life, and part of that happiness is found in books, which become our constant…

— Suzy Davies