“Belonging to a place isn't nearly as necessary as belonging to people you love and who love you and need you.” — Zilpha Keatley Snyder Copy Share Image
Stewardesses were a joke to many of us coming of age in the liberated Sixties. They were no joke in the women's… — Cathleen Schine Copy Share Image
“Mama and I sat on a burping bus full of chickens in cages, and round-eyed babies on round mothers' laps. (The Pinata-Maker's… — Eileen Granfors Copy Share Image
“Nothing that happened in the past is anything we can change. And it shouldn’t interfere with the happiness of the present.” — Linda Armstrong Copy Share Image
“When I was twenty-something, I asked my father, “When did you start feeling like a grownup?” His response: “Never.” — Shannon Celebi Copy Share Image
“There are moments when understanding arrives without words — and once it does, you know that life has already changed.” — Angelika Regossi Copy Share Image
“Yes, King Eirik, I can't do this alone. I'm not a knight or even a fighter for that matter. I'm just a… — Robert Ian Wilson Copy Share Image
“I've come to realize that love is tragic, somewhere down the line it's inevitable. Fight for it.” — Ann Marie Frohoff Copy Share Image
“As I watch Nicholas make his way back to his truck, I know one thing: this boy is going to make my… — Marie Landry Copy Share Image
“It hardly felt real that she was gone, though the heavy pain Agata had carried for weeks reminded her, sitting like too… — Jennifer Wizbowski Copy Share Image
“Sunlight streamed in a steady flow, casting flecks of gold onto the floor, bathing my skin. I inhaled deeply. Already, the air… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“Is it possible that that's all maturity is? Speaking better? Is it possible that everybody in the world, is just a dumb,… — Bob Flaherty Copy Share Image
“Judge that boy if you must; for debauchery, for objectifying innocence... but before you finalize your verdict, oh innocent reader, I beg… — Jake Vander Ark Copy Share Image
I was born in Darien, Connecticut, but in 1959, when I was four, my parents moved to the suburbs of Toronto. Then,… — Linwood Barclay Copy Share Image
“I ruin everything. I think that a bullet must have passed through my heart when I was very young, causing me to… — Jennifer Elisabeth Copy Share Image
“So I decided I would do everything my Dad had not, everything I would need to have the perspective and point of… — Jeff Johns Copy Share Image
Dastardly devious, cleverly conceived, and just a whole lot of fun to read, DEATH PERCEPTION is Lee Allen Howard on fire and… — Michael Arnzen Copy Share Image
“Ribs closing on his heart, Will battled internal sirens whose song he couldn’t yet decipher. During his childhood, ‘sin’ had been such… — Ingela Bohm Copy Share Image
“He shook his head and thought about it for a second. “Maybe I'm not straight? Can I still be straight when I'm… — Elaine White Copy Share Image
“We were women in transition, raised in one era and coming of age in another, very different time...here we were, entering the… — Lynn Povich Copy Share Image
“Sitting in the wicker rocking chair with her interrupted work in her lap, Amaranta watched Aureliano José, his chin covered with foam,… — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
“I left Hairball to his manic mantric singing. I walked toward the house and stopped to rub some white pine needles on… — Scott Lax Copy Share Image
I definitely think there's a lot of pressure for teenaged girls and guys to hook up on prom. I think it comes… — Brittany Snow Copy Share Image
“As you grow in true spiritual power and understanding you will actually find that many outer rules and regulations will become unnecessary;… — Emmet Fox Copy Share Image
“He was a shadow of the man that once intimidated us out of our home, a shell of a human being, a… — David Louden Copy Share Image
“You'll get fired if anyone finds out about us!" "So many rules in this century," Vane muttered.” — Priya Ardis Copy Share Image
“He could pour himself into my little paper cup heart and my emptiness would finally have a meaning.” — Jennifer Elisabeth Copy Share Image
“Everything hurts right now and nothing is helping because as the pain is getting worse — so is the love.” — Jennifer Elisabeth Copy Share Image
“A lazy summer's day and a long, lost love. Can a poet ask for anything more than a broken heart ordained from… — douglas laurent Copy Share Image
“I know that your soul is on life support and that you feel lost and like you’re completely spinning out of control,… — Jennifer Elisabeth Copy Share Image
“Plus, once he did the requisite double-take and recognized me, he’d probably beat the crap out of any guy who looked at… — Katja Millay Copy Share Image
“Woman must come of age by herself. This is the essence of "coming of age" -to learn how to stand alone.” — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
“It's in those quiet little towns, at the edge of the world, that you will find the salt of the earth people… — Aaron Lauritsen Copy Share Image
Michael Schultz's 'Cooley High' is a classic. Oftentimes, we don't get to see films about coming of age, especially for young African… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
“The more I learn about life and people, the more I realise that everyone has a story and everyone’s story is the… — Laura Bailey Copy Share Image
“I was the ref. I was the ref they didn’t know about. Deaf and dumb. Invisible as a wall. I wanted no… — Roddy Doyle Copy Share Image
“Vane’s lips tightened to suppress a smile. “Why so hostile, love?” “You whacked me on the head with a ball!” “You deserved… — Priya Ardis Copy Share Image
“The night seemed suddenly defiled by the absence of music, as if the silence itself was injecting a sickness that only another… — Jake Vander Ark Copy Share Image
“Bittersweet: it's what life tastes like. And if you can handle the bitter, the sweet will come later. ~ Klyde, in Piranhas… — J.Z. Bingham Copy Share Image
I may have got a little carried away and many critics found fault with some aspects of the film, but as a… — Gautham Menon Copy Share Image
