Childhood Quotes

I imagine a child. That child is me. I can reconstruct and vividly remember portions of my own childhood. I can see, taste, smell, feel, and hear them. Then what I do is, not write about that kid or about his world, but start to think of a book that would have pleased him.

Daniel Pinkwater
- World
- Book
- Remember
My childhood was filled with music and singing and a passion for traditional Yemenite songs, picked up from my mother.

Ofra Haza
- Up
- Music
- Mother

I prefer to write books for children instead of reading them. But I do strongly believe in childhood and in respecting childhood innocence. I don't like books for children that deal with adult themes.

Philip Kerr
- Believe
- Children
- Reading
It was a very idyllic childhood, surrounded by utterly beautiful landscapes that I got very, very bored of when I hit my teens. But being on your own a lot and being bored is good for your imagination. It makes it stretch.

Jessica Raine
From childhood I have been afraid of mummers. It always seemed an extra shadow without face or name had slipped among them...

Anna Akhmatova
- Childhood
- Shadow
I had an amazing childhood, lots of love. But my dad worked his tail off, getting up at 4 in the morning and going off at 5, 6 o'clock, yet he always had time to spend with his kids and his wife.

Criss Angel
- Up
- Time
- Kids
I grew up in Los Angeles and always wished I'd spent a childhood in a far different place.

Berkeley Breathed
- Up
- Different
- Childhood
Family relationships trigger childhood wounds, and those wounds often trump our rational thinking. We can't 'rationally' transcend the kind of primal pain that such relationships can arouse.

Marianne Williamson
- Thinking
- Family
- Pain