It's fun telling you tall Texas tales. You always look…

Who are you?" "I am Death," said the creature. "I thought that was obvious." "But you're so small!" "Only because you are small. You…

— Catherynne M. Valente

People who get into animation tend to be kids. We don't have to grow up. But also, animators are great observers, and there's this…

— John Lasseter

“A small piece of me still believed in hope. However minute or unattainable hope seemed, I wanted the childlike wonder. “I want you to…

— E.R. Pierce

“I stood at the edge of the abyss and gazed into eternity with childlike wonder until I sprouted wings and took flight.”

— Susan Marie

“...childlike wonder and awe have died. The scenery and poetry and music of the majesty of God have dried up like a forgotten peach…

— John Piper

“The trick to being an adult is maintaining that childlike wonder while still managing to do soul-killing things like paying bills.”

— Katee Robert

A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement.

— Rachel Carson

You can't have a bad time at Disney World. It's not allowed. They have hidden electronic surveillance cameras everywhere, and if they catch you…

— Dave Barry

“There’s a huge difference between being childlike and being childish. When we embrace joy and look at the world with fresh eyes we’re being…

— Seth Godin

“It is easy to write off childlike faith in the universe and childlike wonder at the world as simply a lack of knowledge about…

— Marya Hornbacher

But that's the glory of foreign travel, as far as I am concerned. I don't want to know what people are talking about. I…

— Bill Bryson

“When I was small, I never wanted to step in puddles. Not because of any fear of drowned worms or wet stockings; I was…

— Diana Gabaldon

There are those much more rare people who never lose their curiosity, their almost childlike wonder at the world; those people who continue to…

— William Herbert Sheldon

“But when fundamentals are doubted, as at present, we must try to recover the candour and wonder of the child; the unspoilt realism and…

— G.K. Chesterton

“I can’t think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of…

— Anonymous