“I think that we are all much closer to our childhood selves than we of...” — Sadie Jones Quote

“I think that we are all much closer to our childhood selves than we often think, so when we read about childhood, it can surprise us how immediate or moving it is, when perhaps those feelings are just there, waiting to be accessed all the time.”

“I don't get distracted until the weight of other things left undone finally tips the balance; my mind is flooded with calls, bills, supermarkets, letters, and I have to stop and sort things out.”

“I don't believe in regret.”

“Now, the term 'friend' is a little loose. People mock the 'friending' on social media, and say, 'Gosh, no one could have 300 friends!' Well, there are all kinds of friends. Those kinds of 'friends,' and work friends, and childhood friends, and dear friends, and neighborhood friends, and we-walk-our-dogs-at-the-same-time friends, etc.”

“I WAS born a slave; but I never knew it till six years of happy childhood had passed away.”

“If you had an essentially happy childhood, that tends to dwell with you.”