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

A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.

— Robertson Davies

“Our children are not happy. I believe this is because over the last half century we have increasingly monitored, supervised and attended to them,…

— Sara Maitland

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

I think there is something barbaric in children, and it's missing in lots of books for them because we don't like to think of…

— Maurice Sendak

Appalling things can happen to children. And even a happy childhood is filled with sadnesses.

— Mark Haddon

“It is time for a return to childhood, to simplicity, to running and climbing and laughing in the sunshine, to experiencing happiness instead of…

— L.R.Knost

“... although the sufferings of children are the worst, being inextinguishable--children themselves seldom have a proper sense of their own tragedy, discounting and keeping…

— Shirley Hazzard

“Childhood is a slum and they love it.”

— Helen Dunmore

If you had an essentially happy childhood, that tends to dwell with you.

— Tracy Kidder

It's easy for me to go back to being a kid. You know how kids can be like savages before they get civilized? There's…

— Helena Bonham Carter

“If a child grows up in an environment infested with predators, he or she would have a hard time building healthy relationships in society,…

— Abhijit Naskar