“What in the world could this family have done to deserve a fate such as this?” — Michael Jay Copy Share Image
“We are brilliant shades of light, we can not be contained" -Boys of the Fatherless-” — David C Riggins Copy Share Image
“But sometimes the scars go too deep and the stories are too personal to share.” — John Northcutt Young Copy Share Image
“A certain door of life was shut behind her and could not be re-opened.” — L.M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
“That last time you kissed me my heart slid past your teeth down into the center of your chest… trapping us both… — Jennifer Elisabeth Copy Share Image
My character in 'Mr. Holland's Opus' was kind of coming of age, learning about a world that was opening up to her. — Jean Louisa Kelly Copy Share Image
we all grow up thinking our parents found us under cabbage leaves and that sex didn't exist before our personal coming-of-age. — Mary Jo Putney Copy Share Image
“She was merely an actress who had been forced to perform her part on stage without fully knowing her lines. She was… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“Those who achieve the extraordinary are usually the most ordinary because they have nothing to prove to anybody. Be Humble.” — Aaron Lauritsen Copy Share Image
“I had to live my life, and to do that I needed to go to Buenos Aires. I had to live my… — Romina Paula Copy Share Image
“There is strange comfort in knowing that no matter what happens today, the Sun will rise again tomorrow.” — Aaron Lauritsen Copy Share Image
“I caught his hand. “What do you want me to do?” Leaning down, he kissed the pulse beating on my neck just… — Priya Ardis Copy Share Image
Coming of age as a young queer man of color, it was a rarity to see any reflections of myself portrayed in… — Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman Copy Share Image
We are all shaped by where we grow up, though that shaping takes different forms. I dont think theres any doubt that… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
“The stars twinkled high above and reflected onto the cold window. I blew on the frosty glass and watched my breath fog… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“I brooded over it. If it had been any other dream, I would have ignored it. But it was one of those… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
Anthony Ryan is a new fantasy author destined to make his mark on the genre. His debut novel, Blood Song, certainly has… — Michael J. Sullivan Copy Share Image
I had just been promoted to the first rugby team. It was a perfect, wonderful coming of age. My brother was already… — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
“In no mood for one of her silly games, I snatched it off her and scanned the page. It turned out to… — Aurelia B. Rowl Copy Share Image
Although I sometimes enjoy writing from an adult's perspective, I feel dedicated to the coming of age story - that part of… — Kimberly Willis Holt Copy Share Image
“I felt so much older now, so much more responsible. I guess that there were some positive outcomes: I knew more things… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“As he recalled the fervor years later, “by means of systematized effort, large numbers of people of all ages, but especially the… — Kurt Andersen Copy Share Image
“In my early teens, I heard about Naked Lunch and its mutating typewriters and talking cockroaches. While I would hardly classify its… — Peter Dubé Copy Share Image
“Lachlan frowned as he misjudged the distance and his forehead hit Cormag's head with a bump. He wrapped his arms around his… — Elaine White Copy Share Image
“I'd wrestled against the inner voice of my mother, the voice of caution, of duty, of fear of the unknown, the voice… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“And then I knew that despite all the pain and hard work all of us had gone through, despite the sadness and… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“How could the Revisers choose this last reading, 'an heir through God,' and keep the word adoption? From the passage it is… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“The scar rippled from the top of her bikini line down to her thigh. Where normal girls had hair, Ava had a… — Jake Vander-Ark Copy Share Image
“Instead of a criminal or a drug addict, I was looking at a boy—just a boy.” — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“I just want your voice aimed at me again. I want to absorb the direction of your eyes…” — Jennifer Elisabeth Copy Share Image
“Could a scar be like the rings of a tree, reopened with each emotional season?” — Magenta Periwinkle Copy Share Image
“A celestial wizard doesn’t destroy celestial bodies. She bends them.” — Andri E. Elia Copy Share Image
“You are meant to be, despite how you got here; you’ll see someday.” — Raquel Cepeda Copy Share Image
