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title: "2 Childhood Simplicity Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [“It is time for a return to childhood, to simplicity, to running and climbing and laughing in the sunshine, to experiencing happiness instead of being trained for a lifetime of pursuing happiness. It is time to let children be children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-r-knost-2/it-is-time-for-a-return-to-childhood-to-simplicity-to-running-and/)

[L.R.Knost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-r-knost-2/)

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> [“But you didn't lose touch with a place when it wasn't there any more, you didn't lose touch with yourself as you were when you were part of it, with your childhood, with your simplicity then.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-trevor/but-you-didn-t-lose-touch-with-a-place-when-it-wasn-t-there-any-more/)

[William Trevor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-trevor/)

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