“War and tooth enameled salted lemon childhoods All colors run, none of us solid Don't look for shadow behind me I carry it within I live cycles of light and darkness” LooksWarLightRunningBehindsDarknessChildhoodColorShadowTeethCyclesLight And DarknessLemons Author:Suheir Hammad
“But then, look at me. My brain is incorrectly formed, and I'm shaped like a tube. Plus, I'm an alcoholic, a "survivor" of childhood sexual abuse, was raised in a cult and have no education. So, really, if you think about it, the only thing that separates me from the guy with the stinky foot and no teeth is a book deal and some cologne.” IfsThinkingLooksBookGuyDealsBrainFeetChildhoodAbuseRaisedTeethPlusSurvivorCultLook At MeAlcoholicsTubesCologneStinky Book:Magical Thinking Source: Magical Thinking
“She was the epic crush of my childhood. She was the tragedy that made me look inside myself and see my corrupt heart. She was my sin and my salvation, come back from the grave to change me forever. Again. Back then, when she sat on my bed and told me she loved me, I wanted her as much as I have ever wanted anything.” LooksHeartMadeWantedSinForeverChildhoodBedTragedySalvationGravesSatCrushEpic Author:Holly Black
“Imagine being sentient but not alive. Seeing and even knowing, but not alive. Just looking out. Recognizing but not being alive. A person can die and still go on. Sometimes what looks out at you from a person's eyes maybe died back in childhood.” LooksPersonsStillsSometimesEyeDiesKnowingAliveImagineSeeingChildhoodGoes OnDiedRecognizing Book:A Scanner Darkly Source: A Scanner Darkly
“While the laughter of joy is in full harmony with our deeper life, the laughter of amusement should be kept apart from it. The danger is too great of thus learning to look at solemn things in a spirit of mockery, and to seek in them opportunities for exercising wit.” ShouldLooksJoySpiritOpportunityChildhoodDangerExerciseLaughterRespectHarmonyDeeperWitAmusementSolemnMockeryHeartless Book:The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll Source: The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll
“I stole your childhood and now I’ve led you by the hand to your death. But the worst thing is, I knew. I knew this would happen. This is what always happens. Forget your faith in me. I took you with me because I was vain. Because I wanted to be adored. Look at you. Glorious Pond, the girl who waited for me. I’m not a hero. I really am just a mad man in a box. And it’s time we saw each other as we really are. Amy Williams, it’s time to stop waiting.” MenLooksHandsHappensWantedGirlWaitingForgetSawsChildhoodWorstHeroMadBoxesVainGloriousWorst ThingsPondsAmyMad Men Author:Steven Moffat
“I could see myself in some sort of pioneer bonnet, it's my childhood fantasy. But, I think I look too jewish for the prairie.” ThinkingLooksWomenFantasyChildhoodPioneersPrairieBonnets Author:Rachel Dratch
“If a child is given love, he becomes loving ... If he's helped when he needs help, he becomes helpful. And if he has been truly valued at home ... he grows up secure enough to look beyond himself to the welfare of others.” IfsInspirationalNeedsLooksChildrenHas BeensEnoughHelpingHomeKidsGivenGrowsParentFamilyGrowing UpChildhoodSecureWelfareHelpful Author:Joyce Brothers
“Your first duty is to be humane. Love childhood. Look with friendly eyes on its games, its pleasures, its amiable dispositions. Which of you does not sometimes look back regretfully on the age when laughter was ever on the lips and the heart free of care? Why steal from the little innocents the enjoyment of a time that passes all too quickly?” FirstsLooksHeartLittlesDoeSometimesEyeCareAgeGamesPleasureTeachingChildhoodDutyLaughterLipsStealingEnjoymentFriendlyDispositionHumaneChildren LoveAmiable Author:Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“My childhood is completely... when I look back, it was '50s in New York, upper-middle class, it was completely idyllic and golden and wonderful - sweet in every way.” WayLooksClassWonderfulChildhoodMiddleNew YorkSweetGoldenMiddle ClassIdyllicUpper Middle Class Author:Peter Jurasik