A person's integrity develops early in life. Once formed, it is difficult to alter, change, or improve.

The last time you were happy about nothing; the first time you were afraid about nothing. Which came first?

For him, it appeared he could freezethe moment in a memory; only for it to slip through hishands like water.

The greatest memories a person might have in their life is, childhood. It's really a painful nostalgia.

I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things crumbled.

as a childi supposei was not quitenormal.my happiest times werewheni was left alone inthe house on asaturday.

I know I was writing stories when I was five. I don't know what I did before that. Just loafed, I suppose.

Truths are the last thing you learn about your family. By the time you learn, you're no longer their child.

That's the most terrible thing about being a child; you're convinced that it's all your fault." Lulu

I think the closest thing to a time machine that I've ever found is the Children's section of a library.

When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.

A shaft of sunlight pierced the dark cluds and she looked up to see a silver lining. It was a sign, she thought.

It reminded me of how children always thought too big; how the world tackled and chiseled them to keep them safe.

I fancy that most of those who think at all have done a great deal of their thinking in the first fourteen years.

I thought how strange it had never occurred to me before that I was only purely happy until I was nine years old.