Many abused children cling to the hope that growing up will bring escape and freedom. But the personality formed in an environment… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
Remember brick walls let us show our dedication. They are there to separate us from the people who don't really want to… — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
I feel really lucky that I grew up pretending to be a spy for my whole childhood. — Daryl Sabara Copy Share Image
I would injure no man, and should provoke no resentment. I would relieve every distress, and should enjoy the benedictions of gratitude.… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The dumbest childhood vow I ever made was to finish every book I started. — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
One should never count the years -- one should instead count one's interests. I have kept young trying never to lose my… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
If you put it in perspective, I loved basketball before I loved everything else, you know what I mean? Before I had… — Jamal Crawford Copy Share Image
Our spiritual manhood in heaven will discard many things which we now count precious, as a full-grown man discards the treasures of… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
My parents didn't let me watch TV on weekdays. I have a distinct memory of the beginning of Hulu, where you could… — Zohran Mamdani Copy Share Image
In the happiest of our childhood memories, our parents were happy, too. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
My ideal goal is to "mature" into childhood. That would be genuine maturity. — Bruno Schulz Copy Share Image
“A person in her twenties has been a child for most of her life, but as time goes by that portion that… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Growing up, I had a very happy childhood, with two parents who are still very much together. — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
While shooting for 'Kaatru Veliyidai,' I was living my childhood dream of working with my favourite director. It was surreal and thrilling… — Aditi Rao Hydari Copy Share Image
I think anybody who works with Malcolm, the first thing they go, 'Holy cow! I'm working with Theo!' because that was part… — Retta Copy Share Image
What was on the agenda was school and social life and those kinds of things. So I was the middle of five… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
My childhood, I wouldn't say it was bad. It helped me grow up. I stayed out of trouble. My parents taught me… — Russell Westbrook Copy Share Image
It's a painful thing to talk about my childhood. I kind of don't talk about it much. — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share Image
I had an Edinburgh, middle-class childhood and a public school education, — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
“I didn't grow up in a Norman Rockwell house... my house was more akin to Norman Lear.” — Michael P. Naughton Copy Share Image
A central theme of all about love is that from childhood into adulthood we are often taught misguided and false assumptions about… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
My father is from Jamaica, and as a child I spent many holidays there. I remember the weight and drenching wetness of… — Sadie Jones Copy Share Image
I do not remember joy or sorrow in childhood, but listening for clues. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
