Childhood Quote by Marisa de los Santos

“A small cup of the deceivingly cheerful cherry-red syrup”

— Galaxy Craze

“His accent was thick, rippling through my ears like syrup mixed with gin.”

— Nora Flite

“I was sick of my miserable childhood, too, the way it followed me across the Atlantic and kept nagging at me to be made…

— Frank McCourt

“Oh I know what they say about us in town, and I say, the hell with them! I tell you, I don't give a…

— Lee Smith

“Taking me in, he sweeps his hair back revealing eyes the color of maple syrup. I have the sudden urge to eat pancakes.”

— Samantha Towle

“..his tone, like warm maple syrup, drizzled down her spine and licked all the way back up.”

— Jasmine Haynes

“A heavy, peppery steam spiraled skyward and the remains of our house spit and stammered like the last stubborn kernels of popping corn. Everyone…

— Sam Harris

“Is any childhood as terrible or as wonderful as we remember it to be?”

— Monique Martin

“I wanted the syrupy taste of this small rebellion. And this stupid machine was denying that bit of freedom to me . . .…

— Laura Bickle

“felt SO insanely happy I could just . . . VOMIT sunshine, rainbows, confetti, glitter and . . . um . . . those yummy little Skittles thingies!”

— Rachel Renée Russell

“It looked like pieces of bread pudding that had been soaked in raspberry syrup.”

— Diana Rowland

“Childhood is a slum and they love it.”

— Helen Dunmore