"All of us have moments in our childhood where we come alive for the first time. And we go back to those moments and think, This is when I became myself"
- Rita Dove
About this Quote
This quote speaks with the power of youth memories and how they form us into the people we become. It suggests that there are minutes in our childhood that stick out and become defining minutes in our lives. These moments can be little, like a first kiss or a very first time playing a sport, or they can be larger, like a first time taking a trip or a very first time experiencing a new culture. Whatever the minute is, it is a minute that we review and acknowledge as a minute that shaped us into who we are today. It is a moment that we can look back on and state, "This is when I became myself."
This quote is written / told by Rita Dove somewhere between August 28, 1952 and today. He/she was a famous Poet from USA.
The author also have 45 other quotes.
"Concepts, like individuals, have their histories and are just as incapable of withstanding the ravages of time as are individuals. But in and through all this they retain a kind of homesickness for the scenes of their childhood"
"I started writing movie scripts. They excited me a lot, but I didn't like them when they were finished because they were simple copies of the films I saw in childhood"
