Childhood : (126)

" No one can keep a secret better than a child. " - Victor Hugo

" I grew up in Mount Airy, a middle-class enclave in the Northwestern area of Philadelphia. " - Black Thought

" Snow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood. " - Andy Goldsworthy

" I remember when I grew up and Dad would take me to kindergarten in the morning, and you could smell the chips in the air from the factory nearby. " - Jens Lekman

" I watched the Disney Channel all the time growing up. ‘Lizzie McGuire’ was my all-time favorite. I’m pretty sure I had every piece of merchandise that involved Lizzie. And I loved ‘That’s So Raven.’ " - Olivia Holt

" As a child, I was never drawn toward depraved or extreme situations; I really wanted a normal little childhood. Unfortunately, that’s just not what happened. " - Augusten Burroughs

" I never read any of the comics, but I grew up on the animated series when I was a little kid – I guess it came out in 1992. So I’ve always been an ‘X-Men’ fan. " - Lucas Till

" I shopped at T.J. Maxx myself when I was a kid. " - Jodi Lyn O'Keefe

" George Lucas puts those types of characters in for the kids. Same with Jar Jar. " - Peter Mayhew

" I have always been drawn to young characters and seeing big tapestries through the eyes of a child. It probably comes from being a father myself and having a young son and seeing the world through his eyes. I write stories that are sort of the exaggerated version of that. " - Jeff Lemire