Quotes by Childhood The truth about childhood, as many of us have had to endure it, is inconceivable, scandalous, painful. Not uncommonly, it is monstrous. Invariably, it is repressed. To be confronted with this truth all at once and to try to integrate it into our consciousness, however ardently we may wish it, is clearly impossible. Alice Miller childhood wish trying We produce destructive people by the way we are treating them in childhood. Alice Miller childhood people way It is possible to resolve childhood repression safely and without confusion - something that has always been disputed by the most respected schools of thought. Alice Miller childhood confusion school She was learning, quite late, what many people around her appeared to have known since childhood that life can be perfectly satisfying without major achievements. Alice Munro childhood achievement people I have a love affair with tomatoes and corn. I remember them from my childhood. I only had them in the summer. They were extraordinary. Alice Waters tomatoes childhood summer The satiric ethos of Mad was a much bigger childhood influence. Alison Bechdel ethos childhood mad Childhood is a fundamental part of all human lives, parents or not, since that's how we all start out. And yet babies and young children are so mysterious and puzzling and even paradoxical. Alison Gopnik childhood baby children One of the most distinctive evolutionary features of human beings is our unusually long, protected childhood. Alison Gopnik childhood humans long Baseball represents family. It represents my childhood. Alyssa Milano childhood baseball My earliest childhood memory is watching the sunlight through a jar of amber full of wasps. Amanda Harlech amber childhood memories Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward. Ambrose Bierce childhood time lying Childhood is supposed to be happy, and if you can't remember yours with any happiness, what hope have you later, when life starts handing you fresh grief? Amity Gaige childhood grief remember A happy childhood is the pledge of a ripe manhood. Amos Bronson Alcott ripe pledge childhood Plans made in the nursery Can change the course of history Amos Bronson Alcott nursery childhood made A friendship formed in childhood, in youth,--by happy accident at any stage of rising manhood,--becomes the genius that rules the rest of life. Amos Bronson Alcott rest-of-life childhood friendship My mother had a very difficult childhood, having seen her own mother kill herself. So she didnt always know how to be the nurturing mother that we all expect we should have. Amy Tan childhood should-have mother In my childhood diary I wrote: “I have decided that it is better not to love anyone, because when you love people, then you have to be separated from them, and that hurts too much. Anais Nin childhood hurt people One discovers that destiny can be diverted, that one does not have to remain in bondage to the first wax imprint made on childhood sensibilities. Once the deforming mirror has been smashed, there is a possibility of wholeness. There is a possibility of joy. Anais Nin childhood destiny mirrors The mind which plunges into Surrealism, relives with burning excitement the best part of childhood. Andre Breton burning childhood mind Laws and rules of conduct are for the state of childhood; education is an emancipation. Andre Gide childhood law education «1234567891011»