“When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults.”
“Ambition robs you of your childhood. The moment you want to become an adult—in any way—something in your childhood dies.”
“The fragile and ancient hurt that seeps out of adults when they speakof wronged childhoods.”
“When a child hits a child, we call it aggression.When a child hits an adult, we call it hostility.When an adult hits an adult, we call it assault.When an adult hits a child, we call it discipline.”
“Kids believe in Santa; adults believe in childhood.”
“adult life is full of hardship, childhood should be free of it.”