“It's hard to separate your remembered childhood and its emotional legacy from the childhoods that are being lived out in your house, by your children. If you're lucky, your kids will help you make that distinction.” IfsChildrenHardHelpingKidsHouseChildhoodEmotionalLuckyOur ChildrenLegacyRememberedYour ChildrenDistinctionLucky You Author:Ayelet Waldman
“I'm a lucky boy. Never wanted for anything; new tracksuit, new pair of football boots. I had a happy childhood.” WantedBoysChildhoodFootballLuckyPairsBootsHappy Childhood Author:Martin Compston
“I guess I'm pretty lucky because in childhood I studied so many martial arts styles and I never stopped researching them, my body is very adjustable and I can turn into different expressions with my body.” ArtI CanDifferentBodyTurnsChildhoodStyleExpressionLuckyMartial ArtsDifferent Expressions Author:Donnie Yen
“My grandmother took me to a lot of theater. I was exposed to performance quite a bit - everything from Broadway to off-Broadway and dance and music as well. I was very lucky that way. It was a very rich childhood.” WayWellsBitsRichChildhoodLuckyPerformancesTheaterGrandmotherExposedMy GrandmotherBroadway Author:Julia Stiles
“I feel lucky because I was a nerd, which I talk about in the book, but I had academic success, so through that, because that's what my parents put a great deal of value on, I had a great childhood because I sort of fulfilled the expectations of being good at school.” FeelsBookSchoolValuesParentDealsChildhoodLuckyExpectationsBe GoodAcademicFulfilledNerdAcademic Success Author:Mindy Kaling
“I feel lucky that I read so many books as a kid because I know that no matter how much I appreciate a book now, and I can love a book very much, it's never going to be that childhood passion for a book. There's some element, something special about the way they're reading books and experiencing books that's finite.” BookKidsPassionReadingChildhoodSpecialLuckyAppreciateReading Books Author:Rebecca Stead
“I feel like the luckiest child in the world because I got to grow up in Ireland. In summer is when you really grow up. During the year, I would go back to the States, and all year long really couldn't wait to get back to Ardmore.” WorldFeelsYearsChildrenLongStatesGrowsWaitingGrowing UpChildhoodLuckySummerActressesGet BackIreland Author:Olivia Wilde
“If you're lucky enough to fall in love, that's one thing. Otherwise all that was ever truly beautiful to me was boyhood. It's the meal we sup on for the rest of our lives. Love puts the icing on life. But if you don't find it...you must call on your childhood memories over and over till you do.” IfsEnoughBeautifulFallMemoriesOur LivesOne ThingChildhoodLuckyFalling In LoveMealsLove LifeChildhood MemoriesBoyhoodIcing Book:Trinity Source: Trinity
“I’m telling you right now I could make him pop an aneurysm and no one would know. (Nero) Doesn’t that kind of murder bother you at all? (Alix) Given everything people have done to me in my life, little girl, especially in my childhood when I was helpless against them, humanity is lucky I’m not on a perpetual killing spree. As for the Merjacks…I owe them a debt that no amount of violence on my part will settle. So, no. Nothing about killing him would bother me. (Nero)” PeopleKnowsKindLittlesDoneHumanityGirlGivenViolenceChildhoodAmountRight NowLuckyMurderKillingPopsDebtBotherSettlingPerpetualHelplessNero Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon