Quotes by Childhood Children became an obsessive theme in Victorian culture at the same time that they were being exploited as never before. As the horrors of life multiplied for some children, the image of childhood was increasingly exalted. Children became the last symbols of purity in a world which was seen as increasingly ugly. C. Sommerville childhood children world In a way, the political cartoon drawings are things that are small and have humor and a childhood aesthetic and are often stronger to spread an opinion. Camille Henrot childhood drawing political If the physical perfection of childhood could last, what a possesssion it would be for humanity! Candace Wheeler childhood humanity perfection As a child I felt myself to be alone, and I am still, because I know things and must hint at things which others apparently know nothing of, and for the most part do not want to know. Carl Jung childhood inspirational children The individual disposition is already a factor in childhood; it is innate, and not acquired in the course of a life. Carl Jung disposition individual childhood The little world of childhood with its familiar surroundings is a model of the greater world. The more intensively the family has stamped its character upon the child, the more it will tend to feel and see its earlier miniature world again in the bigger world of adult life. Naturally this is not a conscious, intellectual process. Carl Jung childhood character children There is no correlation between a childhood success and a professional athlete. Carl Lewis professional-athlete childhood athlete For all its material advantages, the sedentary life has left us edgy, unfulfilled, even after 400 generations in villages and cities, we haven't forgotten: The open road still softly calls like a nearly forgotten song of childhood. Carl Sagan childhood cities song If we're capable of conjuring up terrifying monsters in childhood, why shouldn't some of us, at least on occasion, be able to fantasize something similar, something truly horrifying, a shared delusion, as adults? Carl Sagan childhood atheist religion The open road still softly calls, like a nearly forgotten song of childhood Carl Sagan childhood forgotten song When will we learn that childhood is in a great sense not simply a preparation for adult life but a thing unique and complete in itself—a masterpiece of God. Carl Schmitt childhood preparation unique I think maybe because I moved a lot in my childhood, I'm a little bit of a gypsy by nature. Carla Gugino childhood littles thinking Woe to those who lead idle lives. Idleness is a dreadful illness and must be cured in childhood. If it is not cured then, it can never be cured. Carlo Collodi woe childhood illness Being in a multicultural environment in childhood is going to give you intuition, reflexes and instincts. You may acquire basic responsiveness later on, but it's never going to be as spontaneous as when you have been bathing in this environment during childhood. Carlos Ghosn childhood intuition giving One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep. Carlos Ruiz Zafon childhood mind heart Childhood devotions make unfaithful and fickle lovers. Carlos Ruiz Zafon fickle childhood lovers Whoever said that childhood is the happiest time of your life is a liar, or a fool. Carlos Ruiz Zafon childhood fool liars Having a child takes you back to all those parts of your own childhood that you had hidden away. Carol Ann Duffy childhood children Anyone's childhood can be an act of disablement if rehearsed and replayed and squinted at in a certain light. . . Carol Shields childhood certain light A childhood is what anyone wants to remember of it. It leaves behind no fossils, except perhaps in fiction. Carol Shields childhood memories fiction «7891011121314151617»