Childhood Quote by Jonathan Katz

“my mother smiled as she offered a cube of sugar in her upturned palm. greedily, i accepted. i reached inside my mouth, delicately placing…

— Amanda Lovelace

“At home, my mother had known how to suffocate my dad's anger by growing silent, a low, unwavering flame of contempt that sucked all…

— Donna Tartt

“When I was a boy, I passed a homeless man, drunk and begging on a street corner. My father, sensing my disgust, said something…

— Blake Crouch

“But Dad, you were a grown man, you have got to take responsibility for what you did, too! I mean, you made me eat…

— Julie Gregory

“My parents had torn through my innocence and left me with a tar-like substance that was corrupting what was left of me. I could…

— J.D. Stroube

“I think it was the ChapStick that did it; he tasted like ChapStick and Jack Daniels. That reminder of human vulnerability got to me…

— Josh Lanyon

“The tear on my mother’s cheek got larger and larger. It detached from her face and became a shiny globe, widening outward like an…

— Fred Chappell

“If you live long enough as a parent, you discover that you have made mistakes you didn't bother to know about as well as…

— Alice Munro

“One night I heard my dad say to my mom: I can't help but think of the good times we're having now as being…

— Miriam Toews

“Striving to meet my father's expectations is like climbing out of quicksand: the harder I try to get to the top, the more I'm…

— Lac Su

“As an adult, it shatters me that the child parts of my mind froze at those ages, didn't develop, and continued to believe the…

— Wendy Hoffman

“So I'd grown up eating my words, and it wasn't until later that that I realized how many had gotten backed up inside me.…

— Lisa Ko