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> [“I didn't like what that word-'childhood'-conjured up, or rather, I didn't like the way most people use it: that presumption of innocence and starry-eyed wonder. The only good thing about childhood is that no one really remembers it, or rather,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-christophe-valtat/i-didn-t-like-what-that-word-childhood-conjured-up-or-rather-i-didn-t/)

[Jean-Christophe Valtat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-christophe-valtat/)

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## More by Jean-Christophe Valtat

> [“I didn't like what that word-'childhood'-conjured up, or rather, I didn't like the way most people use it: that presumption of innocence and starry-eyed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-christophe-valtat/i-didn-t-like-what-that-word-childhood-conjured-up-or-rather-i-didn-t/)

[Jean-Christophe Valtat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-christophe-valtat/)

> [“But if neither sadness or rage could unite us, I didn't know what could - the more I wanted to identify with her, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-christophe-valtat/but-if-neither-sadness-or-rage-could-unite-us-i-didn-t-know-what/)

[Jean-Christophe Valtat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-christophe-valtat/)

> [“I heard a song that nailed it: "And if the day came when I felt a natural emotion / I'd get such a shock…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-christophe-valtat/i-heard-a-song-that-nailed-it-and-if-the-day-came-when-i-felt-a/)

[Jean-Christophe Valtat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-christophe-valtat/)

> [“I dismissed this course of action, sensing my own reserves of strengths, but I experimented with the idea and took it as far as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-christophe-valtat/i-dismissed-this-course-of-action-sensing-my-own-reserves-of/)

[Jean-Christophe Valtat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-christophe-valtat/)

> [“She was the living effigy of everything we will never be and, in every sense of the word, she was the retard that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-christophe-valtat/she-was-the-living-effigy-of-everything-we-will-never-be-and-in-every/)

[Jean-Christophe Valtat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-christophe-valtat/)

> [“She understood nothing, she learned nothing, so she just stood there, lively sometimes, joyful even, a groundless joy that brought tears to their eyes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-christophe-valtat/she-understood-nothing-she-learned-nothing-so-she-just-stood-there/)

[Jean-Christophe Valtat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-christophe-valtat/)

> [“Here, too, I recognized-easily, from firsthand experience, since this kind of thing happened at my age-the heat of the moment, the very instant you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-christophe-valtat/here-too-i-recognized-easily-from-firsthand-experience-since-this/)

[Jean-Christophe Valtat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-christophe-valtat/)

> [“The blizzard seemed to be dying down, and it was now possible to enjoy the sight of the buildings and embankments and bridges smothered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-christophe-valtat/the-blizzard-seemed-to-be-dying-down-and-it-was-now-possible-to-enjoy/)

[Jean-Christophe Valtat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-christophe-valtat/)

> [“When in doubt, do what they do in books, was one of Gabriel's secret mottos and - that rarest of things - a principle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-christophe-valtat/when-in-doubt-do-what-they-do-in-books-was-one-of-gabriel-s-secret/)

[Jean-Christophe Valtat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-christophe-valtat/)

> [“The notion of this powerful childhood gaze was all the more specious given that adults, in the name of that very spontaneity, subjected chidren…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-christophe-valtat/the-notion-of-this-powerful-childhood-gaze-was-all-the-more-specious/)

[Jean-Christophe Valtat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-christophe-valtat/)

> [“It was the French of the Normans that, grafting itself onto the barbaric Saxon tongue, gave it its most magnificent blossoming. And, in these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-christophe-valtat/it-was-the-french-of-the-normans-that-grafting-itself-onto-the/)

[Jean-Christophe Valtat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-christophe-valtat/)

> [“Don't we all discover, at some stage or another that there are some things we'll never get any better at, even though we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-christophe-valtat/don-t-we-all-discover-at-some-stage-or-another-that-there-are-some/)

[Jean-Christophe Valtat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-christophe-valtat/)

> [“In English sometimes they call a mentally disabled person a retard, and there is a kind of accidental poetry in naming a human being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-christophe-valtat/in-english-sometimes-they-call-a-mentally-disabled-person-a-retard/)

[Jean-Christophe Valtat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-christophe-valtat/)

> [“Clusters of distant lights was the view of Mankind that he liked the best. The lights had the archaic charm of little fires on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-christophe-valtat/clusters-of-distant-lights-was-the-view-of-mankind-that-he-liked-the/)

[Jean-Christophe Valtat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-christophe-valtat/)

> [“He considered each and every second as if he'd never encountered one before, as if the time it kept was a permanent surprise.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-christophe-valtat/he-considered-each-and-every-second-as-if-he-d-never-encountered-one/)

[Jean-Christophe Valtat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-christophe-valtat/)

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