“I recently heard a great writer say that an essential element in the life of a writer is to have been an… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
I had a very normal, very typical American childhood. My father worked for the government at the Pentagon and my mother was… — Jeff Kinney Copy Share Image
“A man's character is only formed after the impressions of childhood and early youth have become blended with the indefinable and hidden… — Miklós Bánffy Copy Share Image
“All infants and children require and deserve comfort in order to develop properly. Soft cooing voices, gentle touch, smiles, cleanliness, and wholesome… — Alexandra Katehakis Copy Share Image
“It didn't matter he was brilliant and dedicated and good. He was a child. He was young. No he isn't, thought Ender.… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Almost every person, from childhood, has been touched by the untamed beauty of wildflowers. — Lady Bird Johnson Copy Share Image
Imaginary friends are one of the weirder forms of pretend play in childhood. But the research shows that imaginary friends actually help… — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
Only one in five children in the U.S. lives within walking distance of a park. Many more lack access to a quality… — Darell Hammond Copy Share Image
Let's say a startup is hot. It ships something great, and it achieves success. Thus, it's able to attract the best, brightest,… — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share Image
I live by the sea, but the body of water I have the most feeling about is the Mississippi River, where I… — Susan Glaspell Copy Share Image
From early childhood, I was interested in understanding how the world worked, and assumed I would be some kind of physical scientist… — Stephen LaBerge Copy Share Image
The time has come, the Walrus said, To talk of many things: Of shoesand shipsand sealing-wax Of cabbagesand kings And why the… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
“On some level, with its carrousels and castle and cowboys, its mysterious jungle and its animated characters, Disneyland is a highly idealized… — Leslie Le Mon Copy Share Image
“Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise. - Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College ” — Thomas Gray Copy Share Image
“Bloom of adulthood. Try a whiff of that. On your back in the dark you remember. Ah you remember. Cloudless May day.… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
Being raised in an unstable household makes you understand that the world doesn't exist to accommodate you, which... is something a lot… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
My son, Wolf, was born when I was past 40 and the author of a best-selling novel. That means he has grown… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
The dutifulness of children is the foundation of all virtues. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“A lot of childhood effort, worry, and whispering goes into cracking the codes of adult life. Children have to be accomplished spies.” — Vera B. Williams Copy Share Image
I think that's something that all mothers have to deal with, especially single mothers. We work, and we have to leave the… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share Image
