I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very fanciful, and I loved to read. But… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
My family life reads a bit like 'Little House on the Prairie.' I was big sister to Joan, Renee, and brother William,… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
I had a very happy childhood and very loving parents. We didn't have much money and I suppose therefore you felt that… — Terry Leahy Copy Share Image
I had good parents. Two older brothers, bit of a handful between us, all got ginger hair, a bit fiery. I remember… — Sean Dyche Copy Share Image
One doesn't know if one had a happy childhood or not. I don't really know what it means. — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
“Warm, enticing scents were floating down, basil and oregano and tomato. It made Wes long for something, something he couldn't place. A… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“A happy childhood can fortify one against the ravages of life, and part of that happiness is found in books, which become… — Suzy Davies Copy Share Image
The stories my pupils told me were astonishing. One told how he had witnessed his cousin being shot in the back five… — Erin Gruwell Copy Share Image
My dad worked all sorts of jobs when I was growing up and finally ended up as a surveyor; my mum delivers… — Michelle Dockery Copy Share Image
My early life has given me a great deal to draw on, certainly - but would I have swapped a happy childhood… — Bruce Robinson Copy Share Image
“They say a happy childhood is a lousy preparation for life. Kids who spend their playground days fat, ginger or gay know… — Adam Baker Copy Share Image
In the happiest of our childhood memories, our parents were happy, too. — Robert Breault 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
A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Copy Share Image
“Redwing had read somewhere that one of his favourite writers, Ernest Hemingway, had been asked what was the best training for a… — Gregory Benford Copy Share Image
It was a small provincial place with great people and I had a happy childhood growing up in Queens. — Fran Drescher Copy Share Image
When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I survived at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
“They say a happy childhood is a lousy preparation for life. Kids who spend their playground days fat, ginger or gay know… — Adam Baker Copy Share Image
I'm a white, middle-class male who had a happy childhood in Ohio. The world does not need me to be a novelist. — David Quammen Copy Share Image
I was quite shy when I was younger, but I'm not one of those people who can complain of a bad childhood… — Emilia Fox Copy Share Image
