Childhood Quote by Adam Baker

“They say a happy childhood is a lousy preparation for life. Kids who spend their playground days fat, ginger or gay know the truth.…

— Adam Baker

“I have heard it said that a happy childhood is a curse, because what follows can never measure up. All I can say is,…

— Deborah Lawrenson

“A happy childhood can fortify one against the ravages of life, and part of that happiness is found in books, which become our constant…

— Suzy Davies

“The world is crammed with delightful things. I think young people make such a mistake about that — not letting themselves be happy. I…

— Virginia Woolf

“Children can be happy when their parents are miserable. But a parent is never happier than her unhappiest child.” Sunny”

— Laura Lippman

“Only adults weep with joy. Children don't. They haven't learned how rare moments of true happiness are.”

— Heather Lende

“Childhood is a slum and they love it.”

— Helen Dunmore

“The happiness of children is based on their ignorance of what their parents are really thinking”

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

“I can never understand why people seem to think that growing up with unhappy parents is better than growing up with a happy single…

— Sarah Morgan

No one with a happy childhood ever amounts to much in this world. They are so well adjusted, they never are driven to achieve…

— Sue Grafton

A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.

— Robertson Davies

“I was happy but happy is an adult word. You don't have to ask a child about happy, you see it. They are or…

— Jeanette Winterson