Childhood Quote by Marcus Brigstocke

I loved my boarding school, but I didn't know what I wanted to do. I didn't have a career.

— Lilly Pulitzer

I deliberately went to boarding school. It was my choice. My mum was abroad and I wanted to wean myself off being dependent. It…

— Alice Englert

Boarding school was a really pivotal moment. Before I went there, I was so happy. I'm not sure I was ready for it. I…

— Adwoa Aboah

I had a comfortable, middle-class upbringing and went to boarding school when I was five.

— Esme Young

Boarding school is a wicked thing.

— Kristin Scott Thomas

I went to an all-girls boarding school for most of my youth.

— Sienna Miller

I have a theory that if you've got the kind of parents who want to send you to boarding school, you're probably better off…

— Wendy Cope

Boarding school didn't feel like my world, I felt like an alien; people there had a lot of money.

— Julian Casablancas

It was tough going to boarding school. It was very hard work.

— Jasmine Guinness

The only thing I wanted when I left school was independence. I had been at boarding school for many years. When you're boarding, nothing…

— Karren Brady

The boarding-school experience in Paris was very hard, I didn't put up with it very well. I was sick all the time, or in…

— Jacques Derrida

I wouldn't have liked to have gone to boarding school, but for boys it's different. Boys can thrive at boarding school. I assume they…

— Emma Weymouth