Memories of childhood were the dreams that stayed with you after you woke.

Source: Julian Barnes, England, England (1998).

It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.

Source: Still Life with Woodpecker (1980) by Tom Robbins;

It is time for a return to childhood, to simplicity, to running and climbing and laughing in the sunshine, to experiencing happiness instead of being trained for a lifetime of pursuing happiness. It is time to let children be children again.

Source: The Gentle Parent: Positive, Practical, Effective Discipline (2013) by L. R. Knost.

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In the childhood memories of every good cook, there’s a large kitchen, a warm stove, a simmering pot and a mom.

I’m afraid to grow up because sometimes it seems like things will never feel this beautiful again.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

Source: Abraham Sutzkever, quoted in “Yiddish Poet Celebrates Life with His Language” by Joseph Berger, The New York Times (1985-03-17), Section 1, page 38. Misattribution: Often misattributed to Tom Stoppard, but no authentic source is yet found.

I spent my whole childhood wishing I were older and now I’m spending my adulthood wishing I were younger.