Hilary Hahn Quotes

I always wondered what it would be like to have a normal childhood.

So as my kids will tell you, they had a pretty normal life.

I wanted to have a normal childhood. Normal relationships.

Childhood bullying was a big part of my life.

It's natural for a child to assume that his or her own childhood is unremarkable.

I don't remember the first half of my life. All I say is a happy childhood is the worst possible preparation for life.

For the first five years of my life, things felt pretty good. A lot went wrong after that, family-wise.

I called my mother up and I said, 'You know, I've been to the best doctors in the world and I've spent almost half a million dollars and they're telling me I have symptoms of a P.O.W. and all I did was grow up in your home.'

I write about kids growing up, I write a lot about schools and parents, and all of my experiences with those things have been suburban experiences.

What interests me is what children go through while growing up.

Childhood has definitely been invented, hasn't it? I think that's because people had children later, and we appreciate and cherish childhood a lot more.

I probably wouldn't be a songwriter if I didn't grow up the way I did. It was difficult and it was at times very scary to grow up in a household so unsettled and at times very violent. But, it also, I guess it earned me a sort of wisdom at a young age that's served me well.

If my father had hugged me even once, I'd be an accountant right now.

My look and my character come from my experiences as a child. I wasn't allowed to have girl toys, and I grew up poor. I also had a rough relationship with my stepdad.

As a doctor, I was aware that when children go through severe trauma, they shouldn't see their parents completely disintegrate because subconsciously, that tells them they have no one to take care of them.

I was brought up as a normal kid.

I feel like I had as normal a childhood as anyone, but it had a certain focus. Maybe other kids focused on sports.

I went home and they seemed... my parents seemed normal. They didn't seem to feel like somehow they had been victims of some Nazi camp or something.

I'm the youngest of six. When you're in a big family, you get put to the test right away. Do I like being the center of attention? Or do I not like it? You have to make that decision a lot growing up. I knew from a very young age that I liked it.

There were many things in my childhood I sacrificed: I started travelling quite young, compromising school in terms of learning and time with friends doing normal stuff as a kid you want to do. But obviously I wouldn't change a day.

We need to not pay attention to those losers who tried to push us down the stairs when we were in middle school.

I probably gave up on my dad when I was born.

I do have a regular childhood.

I think there's loads of undiagnosed depression where I came from. Post-traumatic stress disorder as well. Some of the things you see as a kid are like the things you'd expect to see in a war zone, but there's no one to talk to about it because running to a psychiatrist ain't the thing.

Lots of children have had dark experiences, and if they're not having direct dark experiences, they are thinking about things and learning that life is fragile. You have to acknowledge that side of life to be able to then offer comfort and hope and goodwill.