Childhood Quotes — Page 24

Poet, Novelist

“Do you remember how life yearned out of childhood toward the "great thing?" I see that it is now yearning forth beyond the great thing toward the greater one.”

Remember Childhood Longing

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Taylor Swift

Singer, Songwriter

“I know that a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania is about the most random place for a country singer to come from, but I had an awesome childhood.”

Country Tree Childhood

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Taylor Swift

Singer, Songwriter

“I had the most magical childhood, running free and going anywhere I wanted to in my head.”

Running Wanted

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Theophilus London

Rapper

“The Gap has always been an iconic, go-to brand that reminds me of my childhood.”

Childhood Gaps

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essayist, Philosopher, Poet

“I covet truth; beauty is unripe childhood's cheat; I leave it behind with the games of youth.”

Games Childhood Youth

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Tennessee Williams

Playwright

“I saw that it was all over, put away in a box like a doll no longer cared for, the magical intimacy of our childhood together”

Together Childhood Dolls

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Virginia Woolf

Novelist

“O how blessed it would be never to marry, or grow old; but to spend one's life innocently and indifferently among the trees and rivers which alone can keep one cool and childlike in the midst of the troubles of the world!”

Blessed Rivers Childhood

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Rebecca West

Novelist, Journalist

“The childhood of the individual and the race is full of fears, and panic-stricken attempts to avert what is feared by placating the gods with painful sacrifices.”

Race Sacrifice Childhood

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Tracy Chevalier

Author

“Although I always said that I wanted to be a writer from childhood, I hadn't actually done much about it until I came to London.”

Done Childhood London

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Tracy Letts

Playwright, Actor

“Sometimes my family thinks I've made my childhood a bit more Dickensian than it was, and it probably wasn't all that bad. But I was uncomfortable as a kid.”

Thinking Kids Childhood

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Seth

Musician

“The magical approach is indeed the natural approach to life's experience. It is the adult version of childhood knowledge, the human version of the animals' knowledge, the conscious version of 'unconscious' comprehension.”

Animal Magic Childhood

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Shania Twain

Singer-songwriter

“If I hadn't had a childhood career, I probably would've signed a contract with the first person I came across.”

Firsts Careers Childhood

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