17 Quotes by Mara Wilson about Children


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    I remember reading To Kill A Mockingbird when I was 12. What I liked about it is that it was all seen through a child's eyes. It was Harper Lee going back and writing it from the way a child would see those things.

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    People seem to forget what it was like to be a child. I think it's partly because they want to forget, because it usually wasn't as good as you thought it was, and so you want to skip over those things, and not have to relate to that anymore.

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    I'd rather be known for my accomplishments, and for things that I really do take pride in, rather than known for this doll-like image I had when I was a child.

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    It's easier to see children as mini adults than it is to imagine or to remember what it is to be a child again.

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    I didn't want to be a former child actor for the rest of my life, although in some ways I suppose I am. I am going to be that.

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