Childhood - Quotes
The truth is, we can’t keep our children safe, all we can do is love them, teach them as best we can, and then trust in their destinies as they embark on their own necessary journeys, out beyond the sheltered shores of childhood.
There`s something about christmas that always throws us back upon ourself, on our memories and wishes, our childhood self, which is always standing wide-eyed with amazement outside the great door behind which the wonder is waiting.
I always wanted to be a rock star. That was my childhood dream. That`s what i told everybody i was going to be when i grew up.
I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father`s protection.
Before you judge me, try hard to love me,
Look within your heart then ask,
Have you seen my Childhood?
Kids who don`t eavesdrop on adult conversations are doomed to a childhood of ignorance.
The stories we hear in childhood are the ones we remember all our lives.
You see, now fear often fingers your heart,
and at times the world seems only distant news;
the old trees guard your childhood for you
as an ever more ancient memory.
For me, the end of childhood came when the number of candles on my birthday cake no longer reflected my age, around 19 or 20. From then on, each candle came to represent an entire decade.
Man does not appear to me to be intended to enjoy felicity so unmixed; happiness is like the enchanted palaces we read of in our childhood, where fierce, fiery dragons defend the entrance and approach; and monsters of all shapes and kinds, requiring to be overcome ere victory is ours.
Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!
Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.