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1 " All the latchkey children cursed and smashed bottles, teased about underwear, and puffed on those unfiltered cigarettes that only the cowboys could roll. "
― Bremer Acosta , Blood of Other Worlds
2 " We're all latchkey kids a threshold from peace. "
― S. Kelley Harrell, M. Div.
3 " Well, it doesn't look good. Makes me look like one of those unloved latchkey children they make after-school specials about." " Don't sell yourself short. You're more Masterpiece Theatre. "
4 " Many of my classmates have happier memories of Blessed Sacrament, and in time I would find my own satisfaction in the classroom. My first years there, however, I met with little warmth. In part, it was that the nuns were critical of working mothers, and their disapproval was felt by latchkey kids. The irony of course was that my mother wouldn't have been working such long hours if not to pay for that education she believed was the key to any aspirations for a better life. "
― Sonia Sotomayor , My Beloved World
5 " ..so Grandpa turned the rusty latchkey of his magnificent remembery and set free a symphony of stories "
― Glenda Millard , The Duck and the Darklings
6 " I was a latchkey kid, so when I saw the 'Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,' that showed me that there was a different type of lifestyle out there. I was curious about it and amazed about it. "
7 " If we keep on ignoring and leaving children to their own devices at home, they become latchkey kids, and trust me, the consequences of that are not good. "
