Children Quote by Melody Gardot

Illness was a sort of occupation to me, and I was always sorry to get well.

— Maria Edgeworth

I've talked to a few writers who have had childhood illnesses. The sense of convalescence - the feeling that you're waiting to become a…

— Evie Wyld

I was quite shy when I was younger, but I'm not one of those people who can complain of a bad childhood or any…

— Emilia Fox

I’d always been afraid of sick people, and so had my mother. It wasn’t that we feared catching their brain aneurysm or accidentally ripping…

— David Sedaris

Kids will pick up on weakness, and I was very shy growing up. I was skinny and flat-chested; I didn't have the latest clothes.…

— Kaya Scodelario

During the first years of my life, I've been told, I was not a very pleasant child. Crying and sickness were my trademarks. A…

— John Havlicek

I was a chronically shy child. That kernel of my younger self is still there, but I've developed mechanisms to deal with it.

— Richard Eyre

I was, at times, painfully shy as a kid and all the way through college.

— Doris Burke

I was cripplingly shy. When I was in high school, my teachers thought I was mentally disabled because I wouldn't be able to say…

— Lou Barlow

As a child, I was very shy. Painfully, excruciatingly shy. I hid a lot in my room. I was so terrified to read out…

— Kim Basinger

I grew up in a small town, and mental illness wasn't something anyone talked about.

— Rachel Hollis

I was a sickly child, and it wasn't until I was 19 that I realised I was quite a robust, vigorous person. Since then…

— Monty Don