Childhood Quotes

So much of memory comes from the beginning of our lives when we know the world for the first time with a kind of clarity. It is that discovery of the past in the present on which a writer depends again and again as if our lost childhoods, like the surprising cyclamen plant, are forever opening new blossoms.

Susan Shreve
- Memory
- Discovery
- Clarity
Since childhood, I wrote a lot of fiction, a lot of stories, but I most loved writing essays.

Jill Lepore
- Writing
- Childhood

Childhood and genius have the same master organ in common - inquisitiveness.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
- Childhood
- Genius
- Master
Don't ditch your childhood dreams just because you dreamt them up as a child.

Carrie Fletcher
- Dreams
- Do Not
- Ditch
You always hear these stories of people who grew up in Hollywood, and they're like, 'We lost our childhood.' But I was very fortunate.

Alexa Vega
- People
- Up
- Lost
I do not want any child in America to have my childhood because it was taken away from me because I just wasn't good enough; well I am good enough now.

Richard Simmons
- Good
- America
- Childhood
I think the category of perpetual adolescence, it's a new thing, and it's a dangerous thing. Adolescence is a pretty glorious concept. It's about intentionally transitioning from childhood to adulthood. Being stuck in adolescence - that's a hell. Peter Pan is a dystopia, and we forget that.

Benjamin E. Sasse
With childhood comes a brief grace period of ignorant bliss -- when you're not aware of the pain around you. That is the most special, truly unique time. It is the core of adult lament.

Barry Privett
- Pain
- Childhood
- Adult