When I look back at my childhood on the Ayrshire coast, I recall a basic devotion to the idea that human nature and national character are as unknowable as the weather's rationale. Votes: 1
As I read more and more fairy tales as an adult, I found massive collusion between their 'subjects' and those in my fiction: childhood, nature, sexuality, transformation. I realized that it wasn't by accident that I was drawn to their narrative structure and motifs. Votes: 1
I'm very comfortable with the nature of life and death, and that we come to an end. What's most difficult to imagine is that those dreams and early yearnings and desires of childhood and adolescence will also disappear. But who knows? Maybe you become part of the eternal whatever. Votes: 1
I don't know if nature is a direct literary influence on my writing, but it is certainly important to me. I take great joy in writing about it. It is something I have taken with me from my childhood; the body exposed to the threat of the physical world and at the same time being at home in it. Votes: 1
As a spiritual person, nature for me has always been a healing place. Going back all the way to my childhood on the farm, the fields and forests were places of adventure and self-discovery. Animals were companions and friends, and the world moved at a slower, more rational pace than the bustling cities where I'd resided my adult life. Votes: 1
Nature wants children to be children before men... Childhood has its own seeing, thinking and feeling. Votes: 0
Oneness with Nature is the glory of childhood; oneness with childhood is the glory of the Teacher. Votes: 0
I think maybe because I moved a lot in my childhood, I'm a little bit of a gypsy by nature. Votes: 0
Fortunate Newton, happy childhood of science. Nature to him was an open book. He stands before us strong, certain, and alone. Votes: 0
How often is the soul of man - especially in childhood - deprived because he is not allowed to come in contact with nature. Votes: 0
Man is evil, by nature man is a beast. People have to be educated from childhood, from kindergarten, that there should be no hatred. Votes: 0
My memories from my childhood are centered on my father's medical conditions alongside my constant desire to understand the principles of the nature around me. Votes: 0
Understand the nature and influence of repeating patterns, from childhood experiences or even from past lives. Wthout understanding, patterns tend to repeat, unnecessarily damaging the relationship. Votes: 0
Childhood is a short season. Votes: 5 Helen Hayes
Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises. Votes: 5 Pedro Calderon de la Barca