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Happy Kid Quotes

What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give.

P. D. James (2011). “Time to Be in Earnest”, p.11, Faber & Faber

I was a happy kid up until I hit the teen years.

"American TV Icon: Rick Springfield". "The O'Reilly Factor" with Bill O'Reilly, www.foxnews.com. December 27, 2007.

I was a pretty happy kid, I had to fake it. I had to get into this miserable character before I wrote poems.

"Poet Billy Collins discusses humor, authenticity and ‘Aimless Love’". "PBS NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. October 29, 2013.