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“We sacrifice their childhood on the altar of preparing them for adulthood. But what if childhood was the preparation? What if having a whole childhood was the key to a healthy adulthood?”

Book:The Wild and Free Family: Forging Your Own Path to a Life Full of Wonder, Adventure, and Connection

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“Children who grew up in homes like mine, just them and their parents with no separation, physically or emotionally, become experts in a very particular type of seeing. We learn to see things that are hidden, and things that aren't there at all. We become particularly sensitive to the moods and emotions of others. We are nimble and excellent at shape-shifting. We oscillate between feeling special and feeling alone. We feel simultaneously capable of both saving and destroying those we love.”

Childhood Reflective

Book:My Body

Source: My Body

“Mirip benar masa anak-anak saya dengan lalu lintas di jalan raya; semua diikat oleh kaidah formal, serba teratur, dan tanpa ikatan emosi.”

Childhood Reflection Family Relationships

Book:Olenka

Source: Olenka

“He didn’t care if he would be a villain in Alastor’s eyes. He had made peace with the fact a long time ago that he cannot control the way someone narrates their side of the story. The world had forced him to grow up he never knew what being truly free and careless was. He was the grandchild of the witches they burnt, so he would make the world a purgatory so his soul could feel warm.”

Fire Childhood Perspective Trauma Adulthood Witches Burn Purgatory Atlas Powerful Quotes

Book:Of Vengeance and Ashes

Source: Of Vengeance and Ashes

“We’re born kind, but it slips away as we age. Remember how fervently we searched for the truth when we were kids?”

Childhood Innocence

Book:Cocoon

Source: Cocoon

“There was something about the stories bound between those covers, and the myriad species of Folk weaving in and out of them, each one a mystery begging to be solved. I suppose most children fall in love with faeries at some point, but my fascination was never about magic or the granting of wishes. The Folk were of another world, with its own rules and customs---and to a child who always felt ill-suited to her own world, the lure was irresistible.”

Childhood Books Fascination Faeries Fairytales

Book:Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

Source: Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

“Now the last person who remembered me as a child is gone, I told myself. And only then did I burst into sobs, like a child.”

Death Parent Loss Childhood Child

Book:Time Shelter

Source: Time Shelter

“We expect so much of children, hovering above them like giant, invincible gods. What a racket to discover as an adult, how little we have to pass down.”

Life Wisdom Childhood Parenting Adulthood

Book:And Yet: Poems

Source: And Yet: Poems

“Trauma is a topographical map written on the child, and it takes a lifetime to read.”

Childhood Trauma Childhood Trauma Show Russian Doll

Author:Natasha Lyonne

“Calvin's Mom walks in on him. On the carpet he's been smashing rocks with a baseball bat. Mom freaks out. MOM: What on earth would make you DO something like that? CALVIN: Poor genetic material? Mom slaps her head with one hand; while her other hand expresses an almost uncontrollable rage. Now he's in his room, evidently in time out. CALVIN: Bad guess.”

Humor Childhood Parenting Satire

Book:The Days Are Just Packed

Source: The Days Are Just Packed

“CALVIN: Our country was founded a very long time ago, roughly around 200 B.C. TEACHER: (Glowering): 200 B.C.? CALVIN: Before Calvin. CALVIN: (Now sitting in the corner, wearing a dunce cap) That's what's IMPORTANT!”

Humor History Childhood Satire

Book:The Days Are Just Packed

Source: The Days Are Just Packed

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