Childhood Quote by Sarah Winman

“I wanted so much when I was young. I was an endless abyss of want, of need of desperate dreams for myself that defied…

— Nicole Baart

“In every remark he found a meaning, but not always the true meaning, and his life, though vivid, was largely a dream.”

— E.M. Forster

“I knew very well that this hope was chimerical. I was like a pauper who mingles fewer tears with his dry bread if he…

— Marcel Proust

“From books, I winnowed the glue that held together my psyche as it struggled to stay whole. It was from stories and myths that…

— J. Don Cook

“I was a dreamseller, a medium through which my loved ones could project what they wanted to believe, what they dared to dream—that I…

— Brandon Novak

“Then I realized to whom I belonged was never mine. That day, this world became the Earth for me. People became creatures from the…

— Himanshu Chhabra

“May your life be filled, as mine has been, with love and laughter; and remember, when things are rough all you need is ... Chocolate.”

— Geraldine Solon

“Everything seemed possible, when I looked through they eyes of a child. And every once in a while; I remember, I still have the…

— Nikki Rowe

“It was babies I loved looking at, the little Lords, sensuous delights of pudgy flesh and fluids. For at least three years I was…

— Siri Hustvedt

“You took my empty dreams And filled them every one With tenderness and nobleness, April and the sun. The old empty dreams Where my…

— Sara Teasdale

“After all, in fairy tales, there was only one thing to do. In every story with a long sleep and a waking in it.…

— Catherynne M. Valente

“The air felt different in my lungs. The world no longer looked the same. You change and then you change again. You become a…

— Nicole Krauss