For my generation, coming of age at the height of the Cold War, fear of nuclear winter seemed the leading existential threat… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
“We were girls in plaid skirts, loud and obnoxious, driving with the windows down. Capable students, nailing honor roll every year, despite… — Colleen Curran 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
“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
“Don’t worry if people think you’re crazy. You are crazy. You have that kind of intoxicating insanity that lets other people dream… — Jennifer Elisabeth Copy Share Image
“He looked along the line of children, exhibits A to C of his existence and heirs to the twisted throne of his… — David Louden Copy Share Image
“The morning after my mother’s death, I was surprised to see the sunrise. From behind the curtain of my bedroom window I… — James Campion Conway 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
“Nicaea really was, after all, a sort of “coming of age” for the Church—and like many adolescents, she hesitated to leave childhood… — Rod Bennett Copy Share Image
“I noticed him right away. No, it wasn’t his lean, rugged face. Or the dark waves of shiny hair that hung just… — Priya Ardis Copy Share Image
“I feel a resurgence of my 6-year-old self… that little warrior, goddess of a girl reminding me of who I was when… — Jennifer Elisabeth Copy Share Image
The coming-of-age story has sort of become a joke. It's something to capitalize on, and that is painful because when you are… — Mae Whitman Copy Share Image
Coming of age in a fascist police state will not be a barrel of fun for anybody, much less for people like… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I would definitely write to the kid that I was before, to embrace the moment. I think that often times when you're… — Sean Mackin 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
“Thinking he knows can be a trap. An ex-professor once told him he had a diamond-hard intellect and he’d been flattered at… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“And I envy you. You have the one thing that matters. You have all your discoveries before you.” — John Fowles Copy Share Image
You people who have survived childhood don't remeber any longer what it was like. You think children are whole, uncomplicated creatures, and… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“Being a child sucked. Being a teenager was worse. And being an adult seemed so far away that I had a better… — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
What I like about narrative in general is when there is some incongruity between the form and content. Let's say, mixing up… — Kelly Link Copy Share Image
“That night I dreamed about flying turtles and forest fires and fucking the earth...The next morning I awoke and I listened to… — Scott McClanahan Copy Share Image
“When it was time to board my flight, I took one last glance back. I knew that I had everything with me… — Andrea Bouchaud Copy Share Image
