I spent a long part of my childhood repressing my more animalistic desire systems, and in a way, it permits me to… — Autre Ne Veut Copy Share Image
It has always seemed to me. ever since early childhood, amid all the commonplaces of life, i was very near to a… — Lucy Maud Montgomery Copy Share Image
If a man, holding a belief which he was taught in childhood or persuaded of afterwards, keeps down and pushes away any… — William Kingdon Clifford Copy Share Image
Childhood, all me influences were, say, between the time that I can remember, which would have been about three years old to… — Bill Ward Copy Share Image
I was unhappy and miserable during the first 28 years of my life...The things that I went through as a kid were… — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
I don't know where to start," one [writing student] will wail. Start with your childhood, I tell them. Plug your nose and… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
To find this greater truth about God, Spirit, and the sacred, we must often set aside the limiting impressions from our childhood.… — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
There are many facts within fiction. This captivating story provides invaluable insights into the childhood of a girl who has Asperger’s syndrome.… — Tony Attwood Copy Share Image
You're the hero of your own story. So it's interesting for historical revisionism to happen. I had let go of my own… — Baron Vaughn Copy Share Image
I couldn't really tell if it was a different childhood because I was used to it, it was kind of normal to… — DeAndre Yedlin Copy Share Image
“When my friends began to have babies and I came to comprehend the heroic labor it takes to keep one alive, the… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
When 85% of the kids in America don't have one meal with their family, just imagine what that means. Just imagine, life… — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
“They were giving their childhood to this woman! They were starting at seven, and by the time they were sixteen they were… — Alan Taylor Copy Share Image
I had become a kind of information magpie, gathering to myself all manner of shiny scraps of fact and hokum and books… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Each person decides in early childhood how he will live and how he will die... His trivial behavior may be decided by… — Eric Berne Copy Share Image
To practice space is thus to repeat the joyful and silent experience of childhood; it is, in a place, to be other… — Michel de Certeau Copy Share Image
Because we don't know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. Yet everything happens only… — Paul Bowles Copy Share Image
Quintilian [educational writer in Rome around A.D. 100] thought that the earliest years of the child's life were crucial. Education should start… — C. Sommerville Copy Share Image
I was always fascinated by speed... My father was always an enthusiast and once I found a passion in racing, I had… — Christian Horner Copy Share Image
I found 'Bordertown' when I was standing on the border between childhood and my teens, and it carried me past that transition.… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
The role you've been ascribed in childhood can twist or break apart or seem outgrown, especially when you have your own family… — Maggie O'Farrell Copy Share Image
I just read about John Le Carre, the great spy novelist. He had an absolutely miserable childhood. His mother deserted him when… — James Hillman Copy Share Image
When you start in the childhood period, when you begin to form a comic sense, it was the radio comedians - from… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“[Calvin's Mom is driving him somewhere.] CALVIN: Mom, can I drive on the way back? CALVIN'S MOM: Of course not, Calvin. CALVIN:… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
I had a lovely childhood. For family holidays, we went as far as the car could take us - we would drive… — Rachel McAdams Copy Share Image
I think we need to be put back in touch with our childhood...to be reminded of what's important, like memories about people… — Kathryn Tucker Windham Copy Share Image
“Look at me!" he would shout as he ran laughing through the halls of Storm's End. "Look at me, I'm a dragon,"… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
I knew all of the childhood prayers I uttered on my knees at the side of my bed. Many years of Sunday-school… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
Singer Cilla Black's introduction to homophobic bullying occurred during a visit from Billy, a dear childhood friend. Sharing a room with Ms… — Cilla Black Copy Share Image
It is long ere we discover how rich we are. Our history, we are sure, is quite tame: we have nothing to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Go for broke. Always try and do too much. Dispense with safety nets. Take a deep breath before you begin talking. Aim… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“We were all grinning and everyone had their eyes open for once. Ian must have been moving - his hand was blurred.… — Inga Simpson Copy Share Image
My life would be a reflection of my childhood, but it isn't; it is a reflection of the dreams that I had… — Andrea Navedo Copy Share Image
I was raised by extremely strict - but also extremely loving - Chinese immigrant parents, and I had the most wonderful childhood!… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
The earthquake, however, must be to every one a most impressive event: the earth, considered from our earliest childhood as the type… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“A lifetime of memories does not provide empirical proof of the value of living. No one memory has a quantifiable value to… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
When we were kids , we get scared of Monsters even we never saw them ,but we had used our childish fertile… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Some years ago I had a conversation with a man who thought that writing and editing fantasy books was a rather frivolous… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
Bond always mistrusted short men. They grew up from childhood with an inferiority complex. All their lives they would strive to be… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
“My mom loved me no matter what I did. [...] When I really screwed up, she'd tell me that she loved me… — Shaun David Hutchinson Copy Share Image
![“I don't know where to start," one [writing student] will wail. Start with your childhood, I tell them. Plug your nose and jump in, and write down all your memories as truthfully as you can. Flannery O' Connor said that anyone who has survived childhood has enough material to write for the rest of…” quote by Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22e/anne-lamott-188_childhood_i-don-t-know-where-to-start-one-writing_3064070.jpg)
![“Quintilian [educational writer in Rome around A.D. 100] thought that the earliest years of the child's life were crucial. Education should start earlier than age seven, within the family. It should not be so hard as to give the child an aversion to learning. Rather, these early lessons would take…” quote by C. Sommerville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cce/c-sommerville-39957_age_quintilian-educational-writer-in-rome-ar_1241305.jpg)
![“[Calvin's Mom is driving him somewhere.] CALVIN: Mom, can I drive on the way back? CALVIN'S MOM: Of course not, Calvin. CALVIN: Can I just steer then? I promise I won't crash. CALVIN'S MOM: No, Calvin. CALVIN: Can I work the gas and brakes while YOU steer? CALVIN'S MOM: No, Calvin. CALVIN: You…” quote by Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/734/bill-watterson-728_childhood_calvin-s-mom-is-driving-him-somewhere-ca_2822241.png)
![“My mom loved me no matter what I did. [...] When I really screwed up, she'd tell me that she loved me but that she didn't like me very much at that moment. [...] I know that God or Fate or whatever is out there loves me, but I don't think he likes me very much.” quote by Shaun David Hutchinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98a/shaun-david-hutchinson-8024_childhood_my-mom-loved-me-no-matter-what-i-did-whe_2373868.jpg)
