“We want our children to have a childhood that's magical and enriched, but I'll bet that your best childhood memories involve something you were thrilled to do by yourself. These are childhood's magic words: "I did it myself!”

“Ambition robs you of your childhood. The moment you want to become an adult—in any way—something in your childhood dies.”

“I'm not involved in shame. Morals are learned in childhood, and I didn't have any such holiday called childhood.”

“I have always believed in the magic of childhood and think that if you get your life right that magic should never end. I feel that if adults cannot enjoy a children’s book properly there is something wrong with either the book or the adult reading it. This of course, is just a smart way of saying I don't want to grow up.”

“I saw that it was all over, put away in a box like a doll no longer cared for, the magical intimacy of our childhood together”

“A terroir only exists by virtue of one's childhood mythology . . . we have invented these words of tradition rooted deep in the land and identity of a region . . . because we want to solidify and objectify the magical, bygone years that preceded the horror of becoming an adult.”