Vintage Clipart for Collage, Scrapbooking or Papercrafts: Victorian Children 4

I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things crumbled. I could not control the world I was in, could not walk away from things or people or moments that hurt, but I took joy in the things that made me happy.
― Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

“Don't you find it odd,” she continued, “that when you're a kid, everyone, all the world, encourages you to follow your dreams. But when you're older, somehow they act offended if you even try.”
― Ethan Hawke, The Hottest State

Antique illustration from the 1860s of young Victorian children in outdoor play on a warm spring day. High-res 8” x 5” @ 300 ppi JPEG without a watermark here.


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