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Page 3 of 3 |  Childhood is a promise that is never kept. Author: Ken Hill | | We are all, in a sense, experts on secrecy. From earliest childhood we feel its mystery and attraction. We know both the power it confers and the burden it imposes. We learn how it can delight, give breathing space and protect. Author: Sissela Bok | | The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience, do we ever reach a plane of detachment regarding our parents, however wise and old we may become. To pretend otherwise is to cheat. Author: John le Carre | | The very desire for guarantees that our values are eternal and secure in some objective heaven is perhaps only a craving for the certainties of childhood or the absolute values of our primitive past. Author: Isaiah Berlin | | We cannot even recollect the actions of our infancy, our childhood is like something written on a slate and rubbed off. Author: Vinoba Bhave | | So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us. Author: Gaston Bachelard |
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