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Sad Childhood Quotes

Are you looking for the Sad Childhood Quotes on trauma, bad or unhappy childhood?

Here we have compiled the ultimate list of sad quotes about growing up that can inspire you and the people around you at home, at work, and in your communities.

You can share the learning from these quotes with kids or friends by sharing them directly or through social media.

Moreover, use them for sad childhood memories captions on Instagram, Facebook, or any other social media for status posting.

Have a look and pick the most suitable sad quotes about growing up to inspire and share with others.

Useful Sad Childhood Quotes About Memories

These are the most useful lines on inspirational bad childhood quotes that are suitable for any kind of mood or moment that you can copy-paste.

Useful Sad Childhood Quotes About Memories

“Once you’ve grown up, you can never come back. Never.” J.M. Barrie

“That sad moment when you realize your childhood is over.”

“And Max, the king of all wild things, was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all.” Maurice Sendak

“I wish that I could give you something, but I have nothing left… I am just an old stump.” Shel Silverstein

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” Dr. Seuss

“The sad truth is the truth is sad.” Lemony Snicket

“All grown-ups were once children… but only a few of them remember it.” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“After a cruel childhood, one must reinvent oneself. Then reimagine the world.” Mary Oliver

“We don’t yet know, above all, what the world might be like if children were to grow up without being subjected to humiliation if parents would respect them and take them seriously as people.” Alice Miller

“Sometimes I wish to have a time machine to go back to my childhood and capture all my memories.

“If you don’t do anything stupid when you’re young, you won’t remember something funny when you’re old.”

“Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well.” George R.R. Martin

“Being an adult sucks most of the times, it just freaking hurts, it just is not what I expected.”

“I miss being a child and doing practically senseless stuff and yet having the time of my life.”

“The saddest moment in the world is when you realize that childhood is done and you move on.”

Famous Childhood Trauma Quotes On Tough Memories

These are famous sad child quotes on trauma, and bad childhood suitable for sharing unhappy childhood memories. Pick suitable sad growing up quotes to share through social media like Instagram or Facebook, etc.

Famous Quotes On Tough Childhood Memories

“The greater a child’s terror, and the earlier it is experienced, the harder it becomes to develop a strong and healthy sense of self.” Nathaniel Branden

“Childhood trauma does not come in one single package.” Asa Don Brown

“Trauma is personal. It does not disappear if it is not validated. When it is ignored or invalidated the silent screams continue internally heard only by the one held captive.” Danielle Bernock

“As a matter of fact, I had a terribly traumatic childhood. But afterward, I sort of reraised myself.” Michael Gruber

“His wife killed him. Too simple. His childhood, his mother, his father, his siblings? Even if the scars of childhood heal, you never grow out of being vulnerable. Age is no shield against trauma.” Mario Puzo

“Unresolved trauma can take a significant toll on your physical health. Unresolved childhood trauma is particularly insidious, with effects that are both gradual and cumulative.” Arielle Schwartz

“Abuse is never deserved, it is an exploitation of innocence and physical disadvantage, which is perceived as an opportunity by the abuser.” Lorraine Nilon

“Adulthood is an attempt to become the antithesis of the wounded child within us.” Stewart Stafford

“There’s a weight in the room now, a remembrance of childhood. It sinks like a stone, or a heart, or my weight on a good day.” Kris Kidd

“Childhood introduces children to the wounds of the world.” Kilroy J. Oldster

“The initial trauma of a young child may go underground but it will return to haunt us.” James Garbarino

“Trauma can have a masking effect.” Asa Don Brown

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

The first 40 years of your childhood are always the hardest.”

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