“You bury your childhood here and there. It waits for you, all your life, to come back and dig it up.” WaitingChildhoodYour ChildrenHere And There Author:Anthony Doerr
“In an ideal world we would all learn in childhood to love ourselves. We would grow, being secure in our worth and value, spreading love wherever we went, letting our light shine. If we did not learn self-love in our youth, there is still hope. The light of love is always in us, no matter how cold the flame. It is always present, waiting for the spark to ignite, waiting for the heart to awaken and call us back to the first memory of being the life force inside a dark place waiting to be born - waiting to see the light.” IfsWorldFirstsHeartStillsSelfMatterLightValuesForceGrowsWaitingBornMemoriesDarkLove IsChildhoodYouthColdSelf LoveIdealsShiningSecureFlamesSparksIgniteDark PlacesIdeal WorldLight Of LoveSpreading Love Author:Bell Hooks
“I hated childhood, and spent it sitting behind a book waiting for adulthood to arrive.” BookWaitingBehindsChildhoodSittingHatedAdulthood Author:Anne Tyler
“But still I dream that somewhere there must be The spirit of a child that waits for me.” ChildrenStillsDreamSpiritWaitingChildhoodHeadstoneWait For Me Book:The Poet's Journal Source: The Poet's Journal
“I have the students for six hours a day. The community has them for 18 hours, plus prenatal and early childhood. I don't believe the schools create (the achievement gap), but our responsibility is not to add to it. We won't eliminate the gap until the community makes education a priority, but the schools can't wait for the community to do its part.” BelieveSchoolWaitingCommunityHoursResponsibilityChildhoodStudentsCommunicationAchievementSixAddDon't BelievePrioritiesPlusGapsEarly ChildhoodAchievement Gap Author:Bill Vaughan
“I carry a disposable camera. It takes me back to my childhood, when you had to develop your film and wait to see what pictures you got.” FilmWaitingChildhoodCamerasTake MeDisposableTake Me Back Author:Christa B. Allen
“I think that we are all much closer to our childhood selves than we often think, so when we read about childhood, it can surprise us how immediate or moving it is, when perhaps those feelings are just there, waiting to be accessed all the time.” ThinkingSelfFeelingsMovingWaitingChildhoodOur ChildrenSurprise Author:Sadie Jones
“For me, writing something down was the only road out...I hated childhood, and spent it sitting behind a book waiting for adulthood to arrive. When I ran out of books I made up my own. At night, when I couldn't sleep, I made up stories in the dark.” WritingMadeBookStoriesNightWaitingDarkMy OwnSleepBehindsChildhoodSittingHatedRanAdulthoodMade Up Stories Author:Anne Tyler
“I've talked to a few writers who have had childhood illnesses. The sense of convalescence - the feeling that you're waiting to become a real person - is quite an interesting thing. You're seeing all of your friends doing amazing things and you're just there, in a void, feeling a bit stupid. I wouldn't be able to say what I'd have been like without it, but maybe I'd be incredibly high-powered and successful. It also forced me to spend most of my time in my imagination.” RealFeelingsWaitingImaginationInterestingSuccessfulChildhoodStupidIllnessMy Imagination Author:Evie Wyld
“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
“I know what I really want for Christmas. I want my childhood back. Nobody is going to give me that. I might give at least the memory of it to myself if I try. I know it doesn't make sense, but since when is Christmas about sense, anyway? It is about a child, of long ago and far away, and it is about the child of now. In you and me. Waiting behind the door of or hearts for something wonderful to happen. A child who is impractical, unrealistic, simpleminded and terribly vulnerable to joy.” IfsKnowsWantGivingTryingHeartChildrenLongMightHappensJoyWaitingMemoriesBehindsWonderfulDoorsChildhoodGive MeChristmasVulnerableMake SenseFar AwayLong Ago Author:Robert Fulghum
“We are guilty of many errors and many faults, But our worst crime is abandoning the children, Neglecting the fountain of life. Many of the things we need can wait. The child cannot. Right now is the time his bones are being formed, His blood is being made, And his senses are being developed. To him we cannot answer 'Tomorrow.' His name is 'Today.'” NeedsChildrenMadeTodayNamesWaitingAnswersBloodChildhoodWorstCrimeTomorrowRight NowErrorsFaultsBonesSensesGuiltyNeglectFountain Author:Gabriela Mistral
“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