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Unhappy Childhood Quotes

Ernest Hemingway quote: "Mice: What is the best early training for a writer? Y.C.: An..."
Mice: What is the best early training for a writer? Y.C.: An unhappy childhood. Ernest Hemingway
(An unhappy childhood was not) an unsuitable preparation for my future, in that it demanded a constant wariness, the habit of observation, and the attendance on moods and tempers; the noting of discrepancies between speech and action; a certain reserve of demeanour; and automatic suspicion of sudden favours. Rudyard Kipling
Gertrude Stein quote: "Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy..."
Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood. Gertrude Stein
I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of an unhappy childhood is essential to the formation of exceptional gifts. Thornton Wilder
People who've had very unhappy childhoods are pretty good at inventing themselves. If nobody invents you for yourself, nothing is left but to invent yourself for others. John le Carre
H. P. Lovecraft quote: "Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only..."
Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only fear and sadness. H. P. Lovecraft
It is the world that shapes people’s minds. It is men who have shaped the world. So women’s minds are shaped by men. From earliest childhood, the world they see is made by men. Now the women lie to themselves and there is confusion and unhappiness everywhere. Ian Mcewan
My father was a very unhappy person, very sarcastic, and my mother was very nervous and worried about what people thought. They weren't monsters, but it wasn't a good childhood. Paula Danziger
I didn't have a catharsis for my childhood pain, most of us don't, and until I learned how to forgive those people and let it go, I was unhappy. Tyler Perry
Marcel Carne quote: "I think you never forget your childhood, whether it was happy..."
I think you never forget your childhood, whether it was happy or unhappy. Marcel Carne

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