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title: "10 Child Lived Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Child Lived quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Child Lived sayings and thoughts."
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> [As a child, we lived in flats, and I was never allowed pets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-pigott-smith/as-a-child-we-lived-in-flats-and-i-was-never-allowed-pets/)

[Tim Pigott-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-pigott-smith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/tim-pigott-smith-10102_allowed_as-a-child-we-lived-in-flats-and-i-was-n_18209.jpg)

> [Because I was an only child, I lived in a very grown-up world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-fosse/because-i-was-an-only-child-i-lived-in-a-very-grown-up-world/)

[Nicole Fosse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-fosse/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e56/nicole-fosse-37033_because_because-i-was-an-only-child-i-lived-in-a_1337690.jpg)

> [“To the woman in the restaurant today, the doll in her arms was the real child who still lived in her memories.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shogo-oketani/to-the-woman-in-the-restaurant-today-the-doll-in-her-arms-was-the/)

[Shogo Oketani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shogo-oketani/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fd/shogo-oketani-110691_children_to-the-woman-in-the-restaurant-today-the_498485.jpg)

> [Even as a child she had lived her own small life within herself. At a very early period she had apprehended instinctively…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-chopin/even-as-a-child-she-had-lived-her-own-small-life-within-herself-at-a/)

[Kate Chopin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-chopin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c99/kate-chopin-2624_children_even-as-a-child-she-had-lived-her-own-sm_2808119.jpg)

> [“Child who does not play is not a child, but the man who does not play has lost forever the child who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-neruda/child-who-does-not-play-is-not-a-child-but-the-man-who-does-not-play/)

[Pablo Neruda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-neruda/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e38/pablo-neruda-435_child_child-who-does-not-play-is-not-a-child-b_2756014.jpg)

> [I was very physical as a child - we lived on a smallholding, and I was always outside making mud pies or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-parker/i-was-very-physical-as-a-child-we-lived-on-a-smallholding-and-i-was/)

[Cornelia Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-parker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77f/cornelia-parker-4217_always_i-was-very-physical-as-a-child-we-lived_361190.jpg)

> [A child who does not play is not a child, but the man who doesn't play has lost forever the child who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-neruda/a-child-who-does-not-play-is-not-a-child-but-the-man-who-doesn-t-play/)

[Pablo Neruda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-neruda/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee6/pablo-neruda-435_children_a-child-who-does-not-play-is-not-a-child_2316915.jpg)

> [“She was in her element walking the concrete sidewalks, listening to the buzz of traffic and the hum of city life. One…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-e-riegel/she-was-in-her-element-walking-the-concrete-sidewalks-listening-to/)

[Richard E. Riegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-e-riegel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0d/richard-e-riegel-82446_children_she-was-in-her-element-walking-the-concr_1953341.jpg)

> [“She had believed in her own inherent goodness, her humanity, and lived accordingly, never causing anyone harm. Her devotion to doing things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/han-kang/she-had-believed-in-her-own-inherent-goodness-her-humanity-and-lived/)

[Han Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/han-kang/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb3/han-kang-29938_doing-things_she-had-believed-in-her-own-inherent-goo_1020274.jpg)

> [“The feeling that she had never really lived in this world caught her by surprise. It was a fact. She had never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/han-kang/the-feeling-that-she-had-never-really-lived-in-this-world-caught-her-2/)

[Han Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/han-kang/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/710/han-kang-29938_children_the-feeling-that-she-had-never-really-li_2275476.jpg)

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