Patricia Polacco Quotes

My appearances are almost theatrical performances. I bring items for the children to see, such as photographs and actual piece of meteorite, a family quilt, sometimes spectacles, sometimes clothing, so that they can understand what I write about is family stories based in fact.

Patricia Polacco

Quotes to Explore

As a child I knew almost nothing, nothing beyond what I had picked up in my grandmother's house. All children, I suppose, come into the world like that, not knowing who they are.

V. S. Naipaul
- Up
- World
- Children
I did not grow up a cinefile. No one in my family was in the film business or even anything close to it.

J. C. Chandor
- Up
- Family
- Business
Before I left Russia in 1999, I was living in a very poor factory town with my family and friends, and nothing was ever going to change.

Natalia Vodianova
- Family
- Friends
- Change
Anya Hindmarch is indeed a handbag designer; she has the requisite fabulous life, tasteful home, and loving husband. She is also beautiful and self-deprecating, and has five children aged 5 to 20 and a philanthropic bent which spans causes from cancer care to Britain's Conservative Party.

Kate Reardon
- Life
- Children
- Home
I was brought up by the English side of my family, who are very repressed and working class. Absolutely lovely, but very English.

Bat for Lashes
- Up
- Family
- English
I was always an avid reader of books. My vocabulary, my English are all thanks to that reading habit. Reading keeps me grounded. I came from a very middle class family – poor, in fact.

Madhur Bhandarkar
- Family
- Reading
- Habit