Quotes about Childhood

There was a place in childhood that I remember well, And there a voice of sweetest tone bright fairy tales did tell.

If being a kid is about learning how to live, then being a grown-up is about learning how to die.

Childhood is a time of curious innocence.

The Child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.

You just think lovely wonderful thoughts, and they lift you up in the air.

I refuse to lie to children.

Sweet childish days, that were as long as twenty days are now.

My heart leaps up when I behold a rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die!

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; Our meddling intellect Misshapes the beauteous forms of things: We murder to dissect.

Heaven lies about us in our infancy.

Delight and liberty, the simple creed of childhood.

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.

I refuse to cater to the bullshit of innocence.