So much of our early gladness vanishes utterly from our memory: we can never recall the joy with which we laid our… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Those who rhapsodize about the ease and joy of childhood have perhaps forgotten what it's like to be 12 years old. — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
The older I grow the more earnestly I feel that the few joys of childhood are the best that life has to… — Ellen Glasgow Copy Share Image
Notice, for example, that people who talk about "the joys of childhood" are always adults. Only an adult, utterly remote from the… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
Up to one's last breath, one may retain the simple joys of childhood, the poetic ecstasies of the young person, the enthusiasms… — Eliphas Levi Copy Share Image
