“People have often told me that one of their strongest childhood memories is the scent of their grandmother's house. I never knew my grandmothers, but I could always count of the Bookmobile.” PeopleHouseMemoriesChildhoodGrandmotherStrongestScentMy GrandmotherChildhood Memories Book:Big Stone Gap: A Novel Source: Big Stone Gap: A Novel
“The Wise County Bookmobile is one of the most beautiful sights in the world to me. When I see it lumbering down the mountain road like a tank . . . I flag it down like an old friend. I've waited on this corner every Friday since I can remember. The Bookmobile is just a government truck, but to me it's a glittering royal coach delivering stories and knowledge and life itself. I even love the smell of books. People have often told me that one of their strongest childhood memories is the scent of their grandmother's house. I never knew my grandmothers, but I could always count on the Bookmobile.” PeopleWorldI CanBookStoriesGovernmentBeautifulRememberHouseMemoriesWiseChildhoodMountainSightCornersSmellCoachesGrandmotherStrongestFlagsScentRoyalMy GrandmotherFridayTruckTanksCountyOld FriendsDeliveringChildhood MemoriesBeautiful Sights Author:Adriana Trigiani
“My early childhood memories center around this typical American country store and life in a small American town, including 4th of July celebrations marked by fireworks and patriotic music played from a pavilion bandstand.” CountryMemoriesChildhoodTownsIncludingStoresUsaPatrioticCelebrationTypical4th Of JulyJulyChildhood MemoriesFireworksEarly Childhood Author:Frederick Reines
“Simple old-fashioned values that come from a sense of community are the key to a great society. I believe we all have that sense from childhood memories, when life was simple. It's those memories that should drive us to reflect on our values.” ShouldBelieveValuesI BelieveCommunityMemoriesSimpleChildhoodKeysOld FashionedChildhood MemoriesGreat Society Author:Lindsay Fox
“Don't you wish you could take a single childhood memory and blow it up into a bubble and live inside it forever?” WishMemoriesForeverChildhoodBlowBubblesWish YouChildhood Memories Book:Lost Lake Source: Lost Lake
“Everyone tells you to write what you know. It’s the tried-and-true advice every writer hears at some point in her career. But to take my writing to a deeper level, I’ve found that a better practice is to simply write what frightens you, haunts you, even. I now keep a sign on the bulletin board in my office that reads: 'Write What Scares You.' I’ve learned that tapping into the hard stuff — whether it’s the fear of loss or a boogeyman lurking in childhood memories — is what ultimately gives a story the power to leap off the page and grab you by the collar.” KnowsGivingWritingHardStoriesFoundStuffMemoriesLossLevelsCareersPracticeChildhoodAdviceOfficePagesDeeperBoardsI've LearnedLeapScareCollarsChildhood MemoriesLurkingTappingBoogeymanBulletin Board Author:Sarah Jio
“Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Our many different cultures notwithstanding, there's something about the holidays that makes the planet communal. Even nations that do not celebrate Christmas can't help but be caught up in the collective spirit of their neighbors, as twinkling lights dot the landscape and carols fill the air. It's an inspiring time of the year.” YearsHeartChildrenDifferentHelpingLightSpiritCultureNationsGrowsMemoriesAirChildhoodPlanetsAnd LoveCaughtNeighborChristmasCelebrateLandscapeHolidayCollectivesCaught UpDotsChildhood MemoriesDifferent CulturesKindredCarolsTwinklingTwinkling LightsMemories And Love Author:Marlo Thomas
“When you finally go back to your old home, you find it wasn't the old home you missed but your childhood.” HomeChildhoodNostalgiaComing HomeFatherhoodHometownChildhood MemoriesHome Sweet HomeChildhood HomeGood Childhood Author:Sam Ewing
“I'm a songwriter who's put my childhood memories and teenage angst into songs.” SongMemoriesChildhoodSongwritersTeenageAngstChildhood MemoriesTeenage Angst Author:Paula Cole
“I still love making hamburgers on the grill. I guess whenever I eat them childhood memories come up for me.” StillsMemoriesChildhoodCome UpFatherhoodChildhood MemoriesLove MakingHamburgersGrilling Author:Bobby Flay
“From my childhood, I remember a tiny old woman named Mary, made pale and almost translucent by time. Mary's childhood memories extended back to the confusing and violent finale of the Civil War, and she told stories of brutal murders in those days and refused to name some of the killers, as if dead men might still be prosecuted in the late 1950s.” IfsMenMadeStillsWarStoriesMightRememberNamesMemoriesChildhoodLateMurderTinyViolentCivil WarKillersMaryPaleBrutalConfusingOld WomanDead ManChildhood MemoriesFinale Author:Charles Frazier