Childhood Memories

I have great childhood

I have great childhood memories cow-tipping, going off and getting lost in the bog for hours, and coming home covered in dirt. Emily Ratajkowski

The older I grow

The older I grow the more earnestly I feel that the few joys of childhood are the best that life has to give. Ellen Glasgow

My early childhood memories center around this typical American country store and life in a small American town, including 4th of July celebrations marked by fireworks and patriotic music played from a pavilion bandstand. Frederick Reines

I think back to

I think back to when I was growing up in Fort Worth, Texas, in the 1950s, during the [John] McCarthy era, with two parents who founded a Unitarian Church. We lived in a little frame house, and my bedroom was just down the hall from the kitchen. My favorite memories of childhood are of the … Read more

Sometimes you have to

Sometimes you have to travel back in time, skirting the obstacles, in order to love someone. Frances Mayes

My happiest memory of

My happiest memory of childhood was my first birthday in reform school. This teacher took an interest in me. In fact, he gave me the first birthday presents I ever got: a box of Cracker Jacks and a can of ABC shoe polish. Flip Wilson

Nothing is more memorable

Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains… Diane Ackerman

There can be no

There can be no evolutionary advantage to laying down memories of childhood or perceiving the color of a rose if it doesn’t affect the way you’re going to move later in life. Daniel Wolpert

The young remember most

The young remember most deeply…. When we are old and failing, it is the memories of childhood which can be summoned most clearly. Dan Simmons

What we remember from

What we remember from childhood we remember forever – permanent ghosts, stamped, inked, imprinted, eternally seen. Cynthia Ozick