“The worst of anything she could do to me would be to make me like her. That's why I ran away.” — Jo Walton Copy Share Image
“I’ll be like Esther. Your daughter.” “You ain’t that strong.” — John Northcutt Young Copy Share Image
“The freedom of the open road is seductive, serendipitous and absolutely liberating.” — Aaron Lauritsen Copy Share Image
“It is hard to be true to yourself because it is hard to be yourself.” — Jenny Hubbard Copy Share Image
I love so many different genres. I love crime films - and unusual coming-of-age pieces. — Geoffrey S. Fletcher Copy Share Image
There's something to say about inspiration - when it comes into your life...the feeling is insatiable — Ann Marie Frohoff Copy Share Image
“I kept waiting for the part where I’d finally know who I was — some flashing, neon moment of relief, but it… — Jennifer Elisabeth Copy Share Image
“I'm too old to be ignorant as I am." --Twelve-year-old Gabriella to the general, who does not want her to know about… — Elle Thornton Copy Share Image
“@mink: Well, you’re in luck, if you pick another movie. My hair is clean, I usually eat dinner around eight, and I’m… — Jenn Bennett Copy Share Image
“I’ve lived for nothing and might soon die for less. My Life, Part One will be cancelled midway through the first season” — R.S. Gompertz 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
“Vane grabbed me. “DuLac, let’s chat.” Chat. British-speak for “Stand still while I yell at you.” — Priya Ardis Copy Share Image
“Alick grabbed the seat arms tightly, trying to keep tears from his eyes as they backed away from the world he had… — J L MARRAIN 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
“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
“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's possible that you have been told a time or 10 that you don't appreciate how tough your elders had it. It's… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
“Mel eventually gave up trying to talk to him and just sat there looking at him. There was not likely to be… — Pamela Harju Copy Share Image
There's also some element of coming of age during the Reagan administration, which everybody has painted as some glorious time in America,… — John Cusack 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
“I journeyed alone for almost ten years before I found home. Adoptions are like very delicate gardening with transplants and grafts. Mine… — Ashley Rhodes-Courter Copy Share Image
“People work, not me. I look out the window, look out the window, out the window. Outside it's winter, and it's sunny.… — Romina Paula Copy Share Image
“He fights, night after night, to peel my onion soul without caring about it. I never see his tears but his eyes… — Penelope Przekop Copy Share Image
“The principles of storytelling do not change. Going home. Coming of age. Sin and redemption. The hero. The journey, The power of… — Chris Dee 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
“Time collapsed into a delicate dark pencil brushed against our eyebrows, the emergent rumble of crowds gathering above our heads. We slid… — Donald Gallinger Copy Share Image
“Quick, somebody call the caretaker!’ Gemma’s stage voice rang out loud and clear. ‘There’s some trash here that needs to be taken… — Aurelia B. Rowl Copy Share Image
“In Venice, things not always as they first appear. I contemplate this observation from my post on the aft deck of one… — Laura Morelli Copy Share Image
“Life is a valuable and unique opportunity to discover who you are. But it seems as soon as you near answering that… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“He’d used the amulet to read my thoughts again. I pictured smacking him in the face.” — Priya Ardis Copy Share Image
“Never did the world make a queen of a girl who hides in houses and dreams without traveling.” — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“And then I know I'm being a man, not just some kid who's upset and wants it his way.” — Angela Johnson Copy Share Image
“If the future of the free world depends on me, please accept my apology in advance” — R.S. Gompertz Copy Share Image
“I was not a believer in instalove. So said the rational part of my brain.” — Katrina Abbott Copy Share Image
