#child

Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play. ↗

— Heraclitus

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Vietnam was what we had instead of happy childhoods. ↗

— Michael Herr

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It's fantastic to strive towards a nice life where you eat nice organic food and your children go to a nice school and you can afford nice clothes and nice perfume and the hypoallergenic make-up. But there's never a day goes by, and I mean this from the bottom of my heart, that I don't think about where I'm from. ↗

— Samantha Morton

#afford #bottom #children #clothes #day

Everything in Italy that is particularly elegant and grand borders upon insanity and absurdity or at least is reminiscent of childhood. ↗

— Alexander Herzen

#borders #childhood #elegant #everything #grand

But I was very much into sports when I was a child. ↗

— Eva Herzigova

#i #into #much #sports #very

A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture. ↗

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart. ↗

— Hesiod

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When trying to remember my share in the glow of the eternal present, in the smile of God, I return to my childhood, too, for that is where the most significant discoveries turn up. ↗

— Herman Hesse

#discoveries #eternal #glow #god #i

For me, however, that beloved, glowing little word happiness has become associated with everything I have felt since childhood upon hearing the sound of the word itself. ↗

— Herman Hesse

#become #beloved #childhood #everything #felt

I was pretty quiet as a child. ↗

— James Hetfield

#i #pretty #quiet