Childhood : (126) " The clothes chosen for me as a child had a strong element of the Pre-Raphaelite, muted greens and ivories, dusty rose, what seems in retrospect an eccentric amount of black. " - Joan Didion " It was always like that. After school, we would eat and then it was straight into the garden to play football. We would play for hours. " - Bukayo Saka " I have to always go back to Tim Horton’s, it’s my favorite spot. I remember growing up as a kid – my mom, every Saturday morning she’d go the hairdresser and she’d give me two dollars to go buy donuts. " - Tristan Thompson " I write for what’s left of the eight-year-old still rattling around inside my head. " - Chris Van Allsburg " Obviously as a kid you collect hockey cards. " - Connor McDavid " When I was small, my local team actually played in Liverpool kits. " - Naby Keita " Baseball represents family. It represents my childhood. " - Alyssa Milano " I was brought up as a normal kid. " - Ram Charan " People will say candy is recession-proof, and we’re definitely seeing nostalgic candies coming about, and people want that sugar rush and that nostalgic happiness, like their childhood times. " - Dylan Lauren " I didn’t want to be an actress; I never thought of being an actress because, as children, there were three of us – I was the middle child – and we spent our time in church from Sunday morning to Saturday night. " - Cicely Tyson