Best Childhoods Quotes

45 Childhoods quotes by 42 unique authors

I had a great childhood. I think writers are always better off when they have more twisted childhoods, but I didn't. — Anthony Shadid
This is a book that respects kids and their ideas. And in that regard, it places Chasing Vermeer in the tradition of classic favorites fondly… — Elizabeth Taylor
I believe that always, or almost always, in all childhoods and in all the lives that follow them, the mother represents madness. Our mothers always… — Marguerite Duras
A lot of people do have tragic childhoods. But you know what? Get over it. — Phil McGraw
Psychology doesn't like to talk about evil. It likes to talk about bad childhoods. But I very much believe that some people are evil and… — Laura Schlessinger
People from the most horrendous of childhoods can have good lives, but it comes down to a very seemingly simple word. 'Choice.' — Laura Schlessinger
. . . it is true, even people with painful childhoods. . . grow up to be more interesting people. So, there's always a positive… — Barbra Streisand
All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a… — Mitch Albom
Childhood isn't just those years. It's also the opinions you form about them afterward. That's why our childhoods are so long. — Kim Stanley Robinson
Life for young American college graduates is a festive affair. Free of having to support their families, they mostly have gay parties on rooftops where… — Gary Shteyngart
War and tooth enameled salted lemon childhoods All colors run, none of us solid Don't look for shadow behind me I carry it within I… — Suheir Hammad
One thing you who had secure or happy childhoods should understand about those of us who did not. We who control our feelings, who avoid… — Piers Anthony
We are all refugees from our childhoods. And so we turn, among other things, to stories. To write a story, to read a story, is… — Mohsin Hamid
I think if everyone would write down the funny stories from their own childhoods, the world would be a better place. — Jeff Kinney
Travelling childhoods are a common theme among actors. Army kids, embassy kids, travelling salesmen, clergy. Thing is, you learn about behaviour, that different places are… — Julianne Moore
So much of memory comes from the beginning of our lives when we know the world for the first time with a kind of clarity.… — Susan Shreve
What we did in our childhoods makes us who we are now. — Jon Heder
One thing that is almost always said to me is, I grew up with you. They are meeting me and feel that they actually grew… — Mark Goddard
I'm aware of what kids like because I'm constantly in touch with them. Also, they say that a lot of people who write for children… — Eric Wilson
One of the reasons I get so much joy out of my own children's childhoods is that I'm having my first childhood myself. — Al Sharpton

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