- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Childhood Quotes
On memory, nostalgia, and the years that shaped us.
This collection captures childhood in very different forms, a self-sufficient upbringing with a cow and vegetable gardens, and a holiday that has slowly lost its old magic as it grew more secular. See Hope quotes for related themes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a beautiful childhood, so my adulthood has been really frustrating because it's - half the time it hasn't been as good as my childhood.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience, do we ever reach a plane of detachment regarding our parents, however wise and old we may become. To pretend otherwise is to cheat.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Remember Graham Green's dictum that childhood is the bank balance of the writer? I think that all writers feel alienated. Most of us go back to an alienated childhood in some way or another. I know that I do.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's commonly said that people who've been ill in childhood and who've had an upset education never really regret that they do. It means that you don't look at the world in the way that other people do, and if you were inclined to be a writer, that's a help.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been lucky enough in my career to have opportunities to revisit things that meant a lot to me in childhood.
- Nov 07, 2020
Writing was not a childhood dream of mine. I do not recall longing to write as a student. I wasn't sure how to start.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mine was quite a working-class childhood with very little money, and my father was out of work a couple of times, which had quite a traumatic effect.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.
- Outside
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cancer initiates due to a wide variety of causes, some of which are outside of our control or already occurred during our childhood.
- Environmental
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- Nov 07, 2020
We know that childhood and adolescence are the most crucial times for environmental stimuli to affect breast cancer risk, but changes made during adulthood and even after diagnosis still have the potential to create positive changes in the body.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Do not miss your children's childhood. Do not be away 200 nights a year as I was. Do not put strains on your marriage or family.
- Different Type
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up in the business you have to grow up very fast - you do have a different type of childhood, that has its benefits and it has its drawbacks.
- Beauty
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 18, I took it for granted and was eager to move on to the bigger cities like Boston and then New York. But I've been to enough places to have gained a greater appreciation for the beauty and rich culture of all of Rhode Island. I am grateful for all that it offered during my childhood.
- Memories
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in Newport, so I went to Boston growing up. The city holds a lot of special memories of my childhood, like the Swan Boats and Make Way for Ducklings.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020