As a small child, I felt in my heart two contradictory feelings, the horror of life and the ecstasy of life.

Even as a small child I never felt that I should have to compete with anyone - even my older brother.

Since I was a small child, I was always writing either poems or plays... plays in which I had the starring part.

Even as a small child, I wondered why the Dominican nuns who educated me were subservient to the Jesuit priests who educated my brothers.

I have been doing good deeds since I was just a small child.

The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep.