“Maybe freedom really is nothing left to lose. You had it once in childhood, when it was okay to climb a tree, to paint a crazy picture and wipe out on your bike, to get hurt. The spirit of risk gradually takes its leave. It follows the wild cries of joy and pain down the wind, through the hedgerow, growing ever fainter. What was that sound? A dog barking far off? That was our life calling to us, the one that was vigorous and undefended and curious.” PainJoySpiritLeftSoundLosesHurtOur LivesGrowingRiskTreeCrazyChildhoodDogCryWindCallingOkayPaintCuriousClimbsBikeWipeVigorousJoy And PainHedgerows Author:Peter Heller
“We all can think of at least one kid who had great parents, a great family, and an all-around great childhood...who suddenly went crazy as soon as he left the house for college or adulthood. And nobody can figure out how or why it happened!” ThinkingKidsHouseLeftParentHappenedCrazyChildhoodFiguresCollegeAdulthoodGreat FamilyGreat Parents Author:Andy Andrews
“Well my favorite thing about being a mom is getting to relive your childhood all over again, that's one of my favorite things. And my favorite thing about being a wife? I have more freedom to just be crazy, because he's already stuck with me.” WellsWifeCrazyChildhoodMomMy FavoriteStuckYour ChildrenBeing A MomFavorites ThingsBeing Crazy Author:Nicole Richie
“I was raised in a Catholic household and went to a Catholic school, and my childhood brain perceived medieval Catholicism as an action movie: There's this crazy omnipresent guy who can destroy you at any moment.” MomentsActionSchoolGuyBrainCrazyChildhoodCatholicRaisedCatholicismHouseholdMedievalAction MovieCatholic School Author:Grimes
“We like the idea of childhood but are not always crazy about the kids we know. We like it, that is, when we are imagining our ownchildhoods. So part of our apparent appreciation of youth is simply envy.” KnowsIdeasKidsCrazyChildhoodYouthAppreciationEnvy Author:C. Sommerville
“The wild, the absurd, the seemingly crazy: this kind of thinking is where new ideas come from ... The people capable of such playful thought carry forward their childish qualities and childhood dreams, applying them in areas where most of us get stuck, victims of our adult seriousness. Staying a child isn't easy.” PeopleThinkingKindChildrenIdeasDreamEasyQualityCrazyChildhoodCapableAdultsAreasVictimStuckAbsurdStayingNew IdeasSeriousnessChildhood Dreams Author:Nicholas Negroponte
“I thought, "Well, I'm writing about early childhood, so maybe it would make sense to write about late childhood as well, early adulthood." Those were my thoughts, and this was how this crazy book [Winter Journal] was composed. I've never seen a book with pictures like at the end, pictures related to things you've read before.” WritingWellsBookEndsCrazyChildhoodLateWinterMake SenseRelatedAdulthoodJournalMy ThoughtsEarly Childhood Author:Paul Auster
“I spent my entire childhood feeling like a freak because I liked to read. It's just like, "Eh, no one else likes to read but me; I must be crazy!"” FeelingsCrazyChildhoodLikesFreakBeing Crazy Author:Junot Diaz
“In some ways, I don’t feel as if I had a choice. Looking back at my childhood, even before I could read and write, I was making up stories. I love reading and I love telling stories, and the times in my life when I’ve tried to ignore that part of me, I’ve gone a little crazy. Characters start tugging on my sleeves, words start haunting me, and I feel generally unsatisfied. Really, being a writer sounds more like a mental illness than a professional choice.” IfsWayFeelsWritingLittlesCharacterStoriesChoicesReadingSoundGoneCrazyChildhoodIllnessMental IllnessLooking BackHauntingSleevesTelling StoriesMaking UpLove Of ReadingUnsatisfiedTugging Author:Shannon Hale