I didn't like children. I didn't think of myself as a…

I always knew that I was kind of bored; the regular life of a child didn't fit me.

— Christina Ricci

As a child, I didn't know what they mean by 'to die.' So I grew up in a place where people used to die…

— Emmanuel Jal

Why, when I was a child, I didn't say, as most children do, that I was going to become an actress. I felt that…

— Antoinette Perry

“What child didn't wish to know if his bedtime stories were the stuff of fiction or of truth?”

— V.E. Schwab

I never get lonely; even as a child, I didn't.

— Diana Rigg

“When you were a child, I didn't tell you about the evil in the world, all that lay in wait.”

— Blake Crouch

I've always been shy, I was a quiet child. I didn't start speaking until uh, last year.

— Craig Nicholls

When I was a child I didn't care about getting an education, and I didn't finish high school.

— Mary J. Blige

I would have made a terrible parent. The first time my child didn't do what I wanted, I'd kill him.

— Anonymous

I was an only child, and I spent a lot of time alone. My dad was an only child, too, so we didn't have…

— Richard Jenkins

When the child was a child, it didn’t know that it was a child, everything was soulful, and all souls were one.

— Anonymous

I was a normal, rather dutiful child. I didn't even rebel as a teenager.

— Emily Watson

I do believe that when your child does poorly on a test, your first step should not necessarily be to attack the teacher or…

— Amy Chua

I lost boundaries as a child that I didn't even realize it and it wasn't talked about back then. You know, it was something…

— Marie Osmond

Divorce is, of course, difficult for a child. I didn't go through it as my parents stayed together, but I have a lot of…

— Elizabeth Hurley