Childhood

“Childhood is long and narrow like a coffin, and you can't get out of it on your own. It's there all the time and everyone can see it just as clearly as you can see Pretty Ludvig's harelip. It's the same with him as with Pretty Lili, who's so ugly you can't imagine she ever had a mother. Everything that is ugly or unfortunate is called beautiful,

"Por mais diferenças que existam entre uma vida e outra, estou convencida, doutora Sazlavski, de que nenhuma infância pode ser de todo prazerosa. As crianças vivem em um mundo onde a grande maioria de suas circunstâncias lhes são impostas. Outros decidem por eles: as pessoas com quem tratar, o lugar onde viver, a escola onde estudar, inclusive o qu

“Childhood is dark and it’s always moaning like a little animal that’s locked in a cellar and forgotten. It comes out of your throat like your breath in the cold, and sometimes it’s too little, other times too big. It never fits exactly. It’s only when it has been cast off that you can look at it calmly and talk about it like an illness you’ve surv