“The struggles we endure today will be the ‘good old days’ we laugh about tomorrow.” — Aaron Lauritsen Copy Share Image
“You only go through High School once, but if you go through the way we did, that's enough.” — Steven C. Smith Copy Share Image
“Cry your guts out because nothing is sadder than an adult who forgets how to be a child.” — Alison Espach Copy Share Image
“We love our partners for who they are, not for who they are not.” — Aaron Lauritsen Copy Share Image
“The high road of grace will get you somewhere a whole lot faster then the freeway of spite.” — Aaron Lauritsen Copy Share Image
Prom has all the elements of a popular story. It reeks of all-Americanness, tension, drama. It has romance. Pretty dresses. Dancing. Limos.… — Adora Svitak 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
“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
“I guess that’s what growing up is. Saying good-by to a lot of things. Sometimes it is easy and sometimes it isn’t.… — Anonymous 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
“Some say honesty is the best policy. I believe lying to yourself is a form of self-preservation.” — Lexi Kingston Copy Share Image
“Last night I dreamt Moses and I were rowing underwater. We could breathe and talk to one another. We rowed past schools… — J. Dylan Yates Copy Share Image
“Inspired by how passionate he is about basketball, I wonder what my passion will be, if I will have one.” — Maria Jane Copy Share Image
“I remember thinking that I could disguise the way I am by somehow filtering my expression for the sake of juvenile social… — David C Riggins Copy Share Image
“Almost everyone first realized they were becoming a grown woman when some dude did something nasty to them. ...It was mostly men… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
“I’ve always seen this in you, ever since you were a little girl — this hunger to love other people into their… — Jennifer Elisabeth Copy Share Image
“It’s hard to describe, this feeling of seeing your kids spending time together like adults, meeting up again after being out there… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
Any young man coming of age has a lot to go through. Peter Parker certainly has a lot of responsibility, and without… — Matthew James Thomas Copy Share Image
“Marilynn...passed out black cases to everyone. I opened mine to find an iPad inside. Several candidates whistled. Despite my agitated state, it… — Priya Ardis Copy Share Image
Yes, 'Black Girl/White Girl' might be described as a 'coming-of-age' novel, at least for the survivor Genna. It is also intended as… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
The people in Coming of Age were far less curmudgeonly than you would think. The greater percentage said that without the young… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
“ The Mage's powers were almost gone, and his web, which had once spanned the worlds, had shrunk to little more than… — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
“The law might not recognize it, but fifteen‘s a girl and sixteen a woman, and you get no map from one land… — Jess Lourey 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
“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 God of Imagination lived in fairytales. And the best fairytales made you fall in love. It was while flicking through "Sleeping… — Diriye Osman Copy Share Image
“When I was younger, I would cling to life because life was at the top of the turning wheel. But like the… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“You come to me, you appear to me in the night, the fact that you're not here appears to me, that I… — Romina Paula 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
“The morning Mom tells me my skirt is too short, I find the lawn full of dead fledglings.” — Kyle Labe Copy Share Image
“Sure, Bob Dylan had some good songs. But he could have been a doctor.” — R.S. Gompertz Copy Share Image
“Hip-hop, this thing we love that loves us back, is our lingua franca.” — Raquel Cepeda Copy Share Image
“If I had an .MP3 of your heartbeat… I might actually get some sleep.” — Jennifer Elisabeth Copy Share Image
“The highway of grace will get you somewhere a whole lot faster then the freeway of spite.” — Aaron Lauritsen 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
