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I believe that the experience of childhood is irretrievable. All that remains, for any of us, is a headful of brilliant frozen moments, already dangerously distorted by the wisdoms of maturity.

Penelope Lively
Believe, Maturity, Childhood
Penelope Lively (2006). “Oleander, Jacaranda: A Childhood Perceived”, p.9, Penguin UK
I believe that the experience of childhood is irretrievable. All that remains, for any of us, is a headful of brilliant frozen moments, already dangerously distorted by the wisdoms of maturity.