Childhood

“Я, наверное, украл у Хабиба детство.”

“For Colombians, the bicycle has been a passion since childhood.”

“My grandfather once said, having watched me one entire afternoon, prancing and leaping and cavorting, “This child will either end up on stage or in jail.” Fortunately, I took the easy route.”

“That's why libraries are an absolute cinch for kids. You've just got to have them if you want social evolution.”

“I think nine or ten is a good age for a boy to first pick up a tennis racket.”

“Já jsem si vždycky přál spíš nedospět, zůstat klukem.”

“ผมน่ะ มันชอบมาตั้งแต่ชั้นประถมแล้ว”

“I faced imminent death at the age of 13 during partition. Yet, I managed to survive. Thereafter, I feared nothing in life.”

“In order to read a child’s mind we need imagination.”

“집에서 '타샤'라 불리다 윤미래라는 이름을 썼을 땐 뒤에서 누가 저를 불러도 알지 못했죠.”

“I may say that it was there that I spent the happiest years of my infancy and of my early youth.”

“من غذای خود را که قدری از نان شب مانده و پنیر و یا مختصری از غذای شب گذشته بود، در مغازه‌ی سیگارفروشی نزدیک مدرسه می‌خوردم.”

“We make movies for adults and the adult that exists in every child.”

“The civilization of a country is tested by the manner in which it cares for its women, its boys and girls.”

“I used to beat him in the 100m freestyle in the pool.”

“Je suis un enfant de la violence, donc un adulte de la paix.”

“Adolescence is a new birth, for the higher and more completely human traits are now born.”

“She [hockey] found me at the age of five and since then, I have loved her, respected her and worshiped her.”