Now that you are all grown up, and stressing out about paying your bills, wondering whether or not this is really all that life is, and that rather distressing throbbing sensation coming from the general vicinity of where you think your kidneys are, you probably think that the books from your childhood hold nothing for you. That would be an unfortunate mistake to make.

Words from the people who wrote the books we loved as children still hold plenty of meaning. Here are quotes from some of your favorite childhood authors (from works or interviews) that we think are still relevant.

Templeton Quote
HarperCollins
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Beatrix Potter Quote
Gutenberg.org
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Madeline L'Engle Quotes
Square Fish
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Magic Bus Quotes
Scholastic
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Aesop Quotes
Archive.org
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Chocolate Quotes
Atheneum Books
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Lorax Quotes
Scholastic
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E.B. White Quotes
HarperCollins
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Dahl Minpin Quotes
Jonathan Cape
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Lewis Quotes
HarperCollins
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L'Engle Quotes
Square Fish
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Silverstein Quotes
HarperCollins
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Alcott Quotes
Gutenberg.org
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Nonsense Quotes
Puffin
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