That was when it was all made painfully clear to me. When you are a child, there is joy. There is laughter.… — Peter David Copy Share Image
[Ending] is partly drawn from a desire to shock the audience, to brutally de-romanticize what many Americans think is happening overseas. And… — Said Sayrafiezadeh Copy Share Image
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The wrongs of childhood and upbringing have made a large and obsessional contribution to autobiography and the novel. — V. S. Pritchett Copy Share Image
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My parents adored me, and I had a very happy childhood, so maybe I just sort of expect to be loved. — Roger Moore Copy Share Image
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I began plotting novels at about the time I learned to read. The story of my childhood is the usual bleak fantasy,… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
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