“Quit thy childhood, my friend, and wake up!” ResponsibilityChildhoodMy FriendsWake UpQuitting Author:Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“Each one could be a Jesus mild, Each one has been a little child, A little child with laughing look, A lovely white unwritten book; A book that God will take, my friend, As each goes out at journey's end.” LooksChildrenLittlesHas BeensBookEndsJesusWhiteLaughingJourneyChildhoodMy FriendsLovelyGods WillUnwritten Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems
“I would injure no man, and should provoke no resentment. I would relieve every distress, and should enjoy the benedictions of gratitude. I would choose my friends among the wise and my wife among the virtuous, and therefore should be in no danger from treachery or unkindness. My children should by my care be learned and pious, and would repay to my age what their childhood had received.” MenShouldChildrenCareAgeEnjoyWiseWifeChildhoodDangerGratitudeMy FriendsMy WifeMy ChildrenResentmentVirtuousProvokingDistressPiousTreacheryUnkindnessBenediction Book:Rasselas Source: Rasselas
“I'm 40 years old now and I have my friends from five years old up to 40, over 20 lifelong friends I have. And you can't keep that. You can't have that kind of friendship with people for 40 years from childhood friends if you're not an honorable person and if you're not a respectful person. And that's exactly what I am.” PeopleIfsYearsKindPersonsFiveChildhoodMy FriendsFive YearsHonorableLifelongRespectfulFive Year OldsLifelong FriendsChildhood Friend Author:Tony Vlachos
“The day my father died seemed longer than my entire childhood. The day I felt my first success seemed fleeting, hour-long, not long enough perhaps. I wondered where it went. Even the cycle of time confounds me. I work till dark, until sunrise on most days and fall asleep as the world awakens to light. My friends call me an owl. I like to think of myself as Batman – the prince of darkness.” ThinkingWorldFirstsLongEnoughLightFallFatherFeltHoursDarkDarknessChildhoodMy FriendsDiedCyclesCall MeSunriseBatsFleetingOwlFather DiedMy Father Died Author:Shahrukh Khan
“All of my friends, I consider childhood friends because we met when I was probably 13, and I'm still friends with them today. It's really nice that I have that core group.” StillsTodayNiceGroupsChildhoodMetsMy FriendsCoreReally NiceChildhood Friend Author:Rachel Bilson
“I remember seeing Stand by Me, when I was around 12, and just feeling like, "This is so refreshing to see kids swear and smoke cigarettes like my friends." It just felt much more real than the Sesame Street version of childhood that I'd been spoon-fed.” RealFeelingsKidsRememberFeltSeeingStreetsChildhoodMy FriendsVersionsSmokeFedsSwearCigaretteSpoonsRefreshingSesame StreetStand By Me Author:Brian K. Vaughan
“I think my magical dream land would have all of my friends from high school and elementary school. I'm extremely nostalgic so my closest friends are people from my childhood.” PeopleThinkingDreamSchoolLandChildhoodHigh SchoolMy FriendsClosestNostalgicElementary SchoolClosest Friends Author:Tyra Banks