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title: "3 Grown Book Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Grown Book quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Grown Book sayings and thoughts."
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> [I read John Irving's novel 'The World According To Garp' when I was about 14 or 15. It was the first grown-up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-duncan/i-read-john-irving-s-novel-the-world-according-to-garp-when-i-was/)

[Glen Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-duncan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3b/glen-duncan-1307_about_i-read-john-irving-s-novel-the-world-acc_425148.png)

> ['Rebecca' by Daphne du Maurier was the first grown-up book I read, when I was aged about 12.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-nightingale/rebecca-by-daphne-du-maurier-was-the-first-grown-up-book-i-read-when/)

[Mary Nightingale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-nightingale/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8d/mary-nightingale-14521_about_rebecca-by-daphne-du-maurier-was-the-fir_427508.jpg)

> [The first grown-up book that I read on my own was a nineteenth-century edition of 'Tales from Livy' that I'd found in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/the-first-grown-up-book-that-i-read-on-my-own-was-a-nineteenth/)

[Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c76/gore-vidal-466_book_the-first-grown-up-book-that-i-read-on-m_1917743.jpg)

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